Table 3 Comparison of survival difference between patients with culture-positive and culture-negative sepsis
Subgroups | Crude OR Culture positive vs culture negative | IPTW-adjusted OR Culture positive vs culture negative | |
|---|---|---|---|
Early mortality | Full cohort | 1.07 (0.64,1.80) | 0.95 (0.56,1.62) |
SIRS | 1.02 (0.13,8.23) | 1.18 (0.19,7.31) | |
Severe sepsis and septic shock | 0.90 (0.521.53) | 0.83 (0.47,1.44) | |
Severe sepsis and septic shock, excluding Staphylococcal bacteremia | 1.19 (0.65,2.19) | 1.21 (0.65,2.26) | |
Late mortality | Full cohort | 2.95 (1.81,4.79)*** | 1.95 (1.14,3.32)* |
SIRS | 1.32 (0.16,10.94) | 0.41 (0.02,11.25) | |
Severe sepsis and septic shock | 2.69 (1.62,4.48)*** | 1.92 (1.10,3.33)* | |
Severe sepsis and septic shock,, excluding Staphylococcal bacteremia | 2.4 (1.27,4.54)* | 1.78 (0.87,3.62) |