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Table 2 Symptomology comparison between uncomplicated and complicated SAB

From: C-reactive protein predicts complications in community-associated S. aureus bacteraemia: a cohort study

Symptoms

Total

Uncomplicated

Complicated

Comparisona

% [n = 158]

% [n = 51]

% [n = 107]

Crude OR

95% CI

p-value

Fever

57.6 [91]

58.8 [30]

57.0 [61]

0.93

(0.47, 1.83)

0.829

Rigors

32.2 [51]

43.1 [22]

27.1 [29]

0.49

(0.24, 0.99)

0.046

Nausea

38.0 [60]

47.1 [24]

33.6 [36]

0.57

(0.29, 1.13)

0.106

Lethargy

19.6 [31]

19.6 [10]

19.6 [21]

1.00

(0.43, 2.32)

0.998

Painb

65.8 [104]

52.7 [32]

67.3 [72]

1.22

(0.61, 2.45)

0.574

  1. OR Odds ratio; CI Confidence Interval
  2. aUnivariable logistic regression model
  3. bLocal and generalised pain