Table 4 Mortality risks, 2–30 and 31–365 days after an incident episode of bacteraemia
Empirical antibiotic therapy | Incident episode n (% of total) | 2–30 day mortality | 31–365 day mortalitya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | n (%) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | ||||
Crude | Adjustedb | Crude | Adjustedb | ||||
Appropriate | 3778 (58) | 571 (15) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) | 716 (22) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) |
Inappropriate | 1290 (20) | 224 (17) | 1.18 (1.00–1.40) | 0.85 (0.70–1.02) | 327 (31) | 1.54 (1.32–1.80) | 1.35 (1.13–1.60) |
Unknown | 1415 (22) | 271 (19) | 1.33 (1.13–1.56) | 1.26 (1.05–1.50) | 259 (23) | 1.02 (0.87–1.20) | 1.03 (0.85–1.24) |