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Baseline characteristics of the patients with bacteremia caused by either gram negative (GN) or gram positive (GP) bacteria. |
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| Mean (SD) or number (%) |
GN bacteremia n = 52 |
GP bacteremia n = 45 |
p |
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| Age (year-old) |
68.2 (15.5) |
61.0 (14.1) |
0.047 |
| Male/female |
71.1/28.9 |
55.6/44.4 |
0.115 |
| Medical/surgical admission |
88.5/11.5 |
88.9/11.1 |
0.947 |
| SAPS II |
48.8 (19.3) |
48.2 (18.4) |
0.870 |
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SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiologic Score; GN: gram negative; GP: gram positive. | |||
Charles et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:38 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-38 |
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