Pathogens | CRP 0–10 mg/L (n = 247) | CRP 11–100 mg/L (n = 563) | CRP > 100 mg/L (n = 176) | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gram-positive organisms | 184 (74.5) | 322 (57.2) | 63 (35.8) | <0.001 |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) | 138 (55.9) | 227 (40.3) | 24 (13.6) | <0.001 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 34 (13.8) | 62 (11.0) | 23 (13.1) | 0.715 |
Enterococcus spp. | 8 (3.2) | 18 (3.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.130 |
Group-B streptococcus | 3 (1.2) | 13 (2.3) | 15 (8.5) | <0.001 |
Othersa | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | - |
Gram-negative organisms | 47 (19.0) | 174 (30.9) | 91 (51.7) | <0.001 |
E coli | 12 (4.9) | 41 (7.3) | 23 (13.1) | 0.003 |
Klebsiella spp. | 18 (7.3) | 66 (11.7) | 32 (18.2) | 0.001 |
Enterobacter spp. | 4 (1.6) | 26 (4.6) | 11 (6.3) | 0.015 |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 6 (2.4) | 23 (4.1) | 12 (6.8) | 0.028 |
Pseudomonas spp. | 3 (1.2) | 6 (1.1) | 6 (3.4) | 0.103 |
Serratia marscences | 3 (1.2) | 7 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.574 |
Othersb | 2 (0.8) | 5 (0.9) | 6 (3.4) | 0.113 |
Fungemia | 7 (2.8) | 38 (6.7) | 11 (6.3) | 0.090 |
Polymicrobial bloodstream infection | 9 (3.6) | 29 (5.2) | 11 (6.3) | 0.214 |