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Source of bacteraemiaa |
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| Focus |
All |
S. aureus |
Str. pneumoniae |
β-hml str. |
E. coli |
| n = 170b |
n = 56b |
n = 45b |
n = 29b |
n = 40b |
|
| (%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
|
|
|
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| Pneumonia |
39 (22.9) |
2 (3.6) |
35 (77.8) |
2 (6.9) |
0 (0) |
| Skin |
37 (21.8) |
19 (33.9) |
2 (4.4) |
16 (55.2) |
0 (0) |
| Urinary |
30 (17.6) |
1 (1.8) |
0 (0) |
1 (3.4) |
28 (70.0) |
| Source unknown |
17 (10.0) |
3 (5.4) |
4 (8.9) |
3 (10.3) |
7 (17.5) |
| Osteomyelitis/spondylitis |
15 (8.8) |
12 (21.4) |
0 (0) |
3 (10.3) |
0 (0) |
| Gall bladder |
7 (4.1) |
0 (0) |
3 (6.7) |
0 (0) |
4 (10.0) |
| Endocarditis |
6 (3.5) |
6 (10.7) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| Arthritis |
6 (3.5) |
5 (8.9) |
0 (0) |
1 (3.4) |
0 (0) |
| Mediastinitis |
4 (2.4) |
4 (7.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| Meningitis |
3 (1.8) |
1 (1.8) |
1 (2.2) |
1 (3.4) |
0 (0) |
| Gynaecological |
3 (1.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (6.9) |
1 (2.5) |
| Intravenous/intra-arterial catheter-related |
3 (1.8) |
3 (5.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
|
aOne patient may have several focuses bIndicating the number of focuses | |||||
Huttunen et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:13 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-13 |
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