“Does the Salmonella Genomic Island 1 (SGI1) confer invasiveness properties to human isolates?”

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance and severity of illness: comparison of clinical and biological data

Variables	Infection with pansusceptible isolate^a (n = 21)	Infection with isolate harboring at least 1 resistance^a (n = 79)	Univariate analysis p-value^b
Age (years)	22.3 (53.7)	15.8 (54)	0.26
Sex ratio (H/F)	12/9	35/44	0.28
Immunosuppression	1 (4.8)	16 (20.3)	0.11
Invasive infection	6 (28.6)	9 (11.4)	0.08
Bacteremia	6 (28.6)	6 (7.6)	0.02
Sepsis	6 (28.6)	9 (11.4)	0.08
Inflammatory response	19 (100)	63 (95.5)	1.00
Missing^c	2	13
Fever or hypothermia	13 (65)	45 (60)	0.80
Missing^c	1	4

^aData are presented as median (interquartile range) for age or number of patients n (%)
^bFisher’s exact test and Kruskal-Wallis test were performed as appropriate and p-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant
^cMissing refers to data not available in medical records
Number italicized were statically significant

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