Characteristics (%) | Deaths (N-20) | Survivors (N-164) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Related events | Â | Â | Â |
Seawater or seafood contact | 4 (20) | 61 (37.2) | Â |
Farm/dirty-water contact | 1 (5) | 27 (16.5) | Â |
Vital signs | Â | Â | Â |
Body temperature > 38.5 °C | 2 (10) | 28 (17) | 0.53 |
Heart rate ≥ 100 | 13 (65) | 81 (49.4) | 0.24 |
Respiratory rate > 20 | 13 (65) | 87 (53) | 0.35 |
Systolic blood pressure < 90 | 10 (50) | 20 (12.2) | 0.0002* |
Cultures | Â | Â | Â |
Blood (P) Wound (P) | 12 (60) | 23 (14) | Â |
Blood (P) Wound (N) | 1 (5) | 17 (10.4) | Â |
Blood (N) Wound (P) | 3 (15) | 74 (45.1) | Â |
Blood (N) Wound (N) | 4 (20) | 50 (30.5) | Â |
Presence of bacteremia | 13 (65) | 40 (24.4) | 0.0004* |
Vibrio vulnificus | 5 (38.5) | 22 (55) | Â |
Aeromonas spp. | 4 (30.7) | 5 (12.5) | Â |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 (7.7) | 1 (2.5) | Â |
E. coli | 0 | 1 (2.5) | Â |
MRSA | 1 (7.7) | 1 (2.5) | Â |
MSSA | 0 | 1 (2.5) | Â |
CONS | 0 | 2 (5) | Â |
β-hemolytic streptococcus | 1 (7.7) | 6 (15) |  |
Viridans streptococci | 0 | 1 (2.5) | Â |
Polymicrobial | 1 (7.7) | 0 | Â |