Table 1 Characteristics of encounters with suspected Infection and fulfilled the SIRS criteria at 3 participating hospitals from 2015 to 2016 (N = 1405)
Culture negative (n = 1189) | Culture positive (n = 216) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic | |||
Sex (Male %) | 745 (62.7%) | 137 (63.4%) | 0.830 |
Age, median (interquartile range) | 62.0 (47.0, 75.0) | 68.0 (57.0, 76.8) | 0.001* |
Age, year > = 65 | 551 (46.3%) | 126 (58.3%) | 0.0012* |
Nursing home residents | 61 (5.1%) | 14 (6.5%) | 0.4164 |
Comorbidities | |||
Diabetes mellitus | 248 (20.9%) | 77 (35.6%) | <.0001* |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 71 (6.3%) | 16 (7.8%) | 0.399 |
Hemiplegic stroke | 160 (13.5%) | 32 (14.8%) | 0.593 |
Previous myocardial infarction | 36 (3.0%) | 7 (3.2%) | 0.867 |
Congestive heart failure | 80 (6.7%) | 22 (10.2%) | 0.072* |
Chronic liver disease | 109 (9.2%) | 29 (13.4%) | 0.053 |
Chronic kidney disease | 99 (8.3%) | 30 (13.9%) | 0.009* |
Malignancies | 120 (10.1%) | 32 (14.8%) | 0.040 |
Site of primary infection | |||
Lower respiratory tract infection | 664 (55.8%) | 104 (48.1%) | 0.037* |
Urinary tract infection | 120 (10.1%) | 39 (18.1%) | 0.001* |
skin and soft tissue infection | 33 (2.8%) | 8 (3.70%) | 0.456 |
Hepatobiliary infection | 48 (4.0%) | 22 (10.2%) | < 0.001* |
Intra-abdomen infection | 80 (6.7%) | 15 (6.9%) | 0.907 |