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Table 1 Characteristics of the clinical study population

From: Bacterial bloodstream infections in a tertiary infectious diseases hospital in Northern Vietnam: aetiology, drug resistance, and treatment outcome

 

Total

Community acquired BSI

Hospital acquired BSI

N = 477

N = 400

N = 77

  

n (%)

n (%)

Age – median (IQR)

48 (36–60)

48 (36–60)

50 (32–60)

Female sex

132 (27.7%)

122 (30.6%)

10 (13%)

Any ICU admission during NHTD hospitalisation

245 (51.4%)

190 (47.5%)

55 (71.4%)

Any history of medical condition

142 (29.8%)

109 (27.3%)

33 (42.9%)

Liver disease

68 (14.3%)

54 (13.5%)

14 (18.2)

Diabetes

34 (7.1%)

25 (6.3%)

9 (11.7%)

Moderate or severe renal disease

9 (1.9%)

6 (1.5%)

3(3.9%)

HIV infection

30 (6.3%)

21 (5.3%)

9 (11.7%)

Other morbidity

10 (2.1%)

8 (2%)

2 (2.6%)

Long-term corticosteroid use

8 (1.7%)

7 (1.8%)

1 (1.3%)

Self-report alcoholism

67(14%)

56 (14%)

11 (14.3%)

Intravenous drug use

23 (4.8%)

17 (4.3%)

6 (7.8%)

  1. aLiver disease was defined in a patient with chronic hepatitis and/or cirrhosis
  2. bModerate or severe renal disease was defined in a patient with baseline creatinine >3 mg% (265 umol/l), dialysis or kidney transplantation