From: Microbiological characteristics of sepsis in a University hospital
Medical specialty | Patients | Samples collected | Positive samples | Positive average per patient | % of positivity | p-value* | OR (95% CI) | |||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | |||||
OEU – UER | 440 | 43.26 | 862 | 37.33 | 139 | 28.43 | 1.96 | 16.13 | <0.001 | 0.603 (0.481 – 0.753) |
Internal medicine | 113 | 11.11 | 296 | 12.82 | 35 | 7.16 | 2.62 | 11.82 | <0.001 | 0.461 (0.309 – 0.669) |
Neonatology | 104 | 10.23 | 306 | 13.25 | 82 | 16.77 | 2.94 | 26.8 | 0.0139 | 1.435 (1.075 – 1.903) |
ICU adult | 134 | 13.18 | 362 | 15.68 | 112 | 22.90 | 2.70 | 30.93 | <0.001 | 1.865 (1.439 – 2.409) |
ICU pediatric | 34 | 3.34 | 73 | 3.16 | 16 | 3.27 | 2.15 | 21.92 | 0.969 | 1.046 (0.555 – 1.868) |
Trauma surgery | 31 | 3.05 | 67 | 2.90 | 18 | 3.68 | 2.16 | 26.87 | 0.315 | 1.381 (0.745 – 2.44) |
Coronary unit | 27 | 2.65 | 58 | 2.51 | 29 | 5.93 | 2.15 | 50.00 | <0.001 | 3.89 (2.219 – 6.821) |
Pediatric ward | 16 | 1.57 | 29 | 1.26 | 5 | 1.02 | 1.81 | 17.24 | 0.801 | 0.773 (0.261 – 1.937) |
Other | 118 | 11.60 | 256 | 11.09 | 53 | 10.84 | 2.13 | 20.35 | 0.917 | 0.968 (0.689 – 1.343) |
Total | 1,017 | 100.0 | 2,309 | 100.0 | 489 | 100.0 | 2.27 | 21.18 |