Table 1 |
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Characteristics of the Patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (n = 131) |
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Characteristic |
n (%) |
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Mean (SD) Age, (years) |
41.5 (7.5) |
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Male Sex |
83 (63.4) |
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African American |
119 (91) |
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Receiving ART |
39 (29.8) |
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Mean (SD) APACHE Score |
12.1 (5.3) |
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CD4 <200 cells/mm3 |
28 (21.4) |
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Hepatitis C |
82 (62.6) |
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Diabetes Mellitus |
3 (2.3) |
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Coronary Artery Disease |
0 (-) |
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Hypertension |
13 (9.9) |
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Intravenous Drug Use |
66 (50.4) |
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End-stage Renal Disease |
24 (18.3) |
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Median (IQR) Length of Stay (days) |
7 (5, 14) |
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Endocarditis |
63 (48.1) |
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Right-sided only |
51 (38.9) |
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Left-sided only |
8 (6.1) |
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Bilateral |
4 (3.1) |
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In-hospital Mortality |
10 (7.6) |
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Note: ART: Antiretroviral therapy, SD: standard deviation, IQR: interquartile range, APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score. |
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Furuno et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2011 11:298 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-298 |
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