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Table 5 Comparison of outcome between monomicrobial SA-BSI and polymicrobial SA-BSI

From: Clinical characteristics and risk factors of polymicrobial Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections

Prognostic indicators

Total

(n = 349)

Mono-SA-BSI

(n = 295)

Poly-SA-BSI

(n = 54)

p-value

Total Hospitalization days (M) (IQR)

30 (17,54.5)

28 (15,49)

50 (21.25,85.75)

0.00

Total ICU residence days (M) (IQR)

1 (0,18)

0 (0,12)

23 (6.25,49.25)

0.00

Cause sepsis

288 (82.5%)

249 (84.4%)

39 (72.2%)

0.03

Cause Septic shock (n,%)

35 (10%)

26 (8.8%)

9 (16.7%)

0.08

7 day total mortality rate (n,%)

31 (8.9%)

22 (7.5%)

9 (16.7%)

0.03

14 day total mortality rate (n,%)

46 (14.2%)

33 (11.2%)

13 (24.1%)

0.01

28 day total mortality rate (n,%)

61 (17.5%)

45 (15.3%)

16 (29.6%)

0.01

In-hospital mortality (n,%)

71 (20.3%)

54 (18.3%)

y (31.5%)

0.03

  1. Abbreviations: M Median, IQR Interquartile range, ICU Intensive care unit, SA-BSI Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections