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Discharge data for 344 hospitalizations among 216 IVDU* for treatment of infectious diseases |
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| n (%) |
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| Discharge with oral antibiotics after adequate or best alternative therapy |
162 (47.1) |
| Discharge without antibiotics after adequate or best alternative therapy |
117 (34.0) |
| Discharge against medical advice, with oral antibiotics |
29 (8.4) |
| Discharge against medical advice, without antibiotic therapy |
13 (3.8) |
| Discharge without available follow-up data for antibiotic therapy |
1 (0.3) |
| In-hospital deaths† |
22 (6.4) |
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| Total |
344 (100) |
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| Readmissions |
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| < 30 days with relapse of original infection |
13 (3.8) |
| with infection but not relapse of original infection |
19 (5.5) |
| with no infection |
15 (4.4) |
| 30–90 days |
53 (15.4) |
| > 90 days |
100 (29.1) |
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| Deaths overall (determined from state records for n = 199 patients) |
49 (24.6) |
| After discharge from hospital: not related to treated infection |
27 (13.6) |
| In-hospital (of cases): |
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| infection related |
18 (5.2) |
| not infection related |
4 (1.2) |
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IVDU = Intravenous drug users. * seen by an ID during a period of 5 years. † Described in detail in the lower part of the table. | |
Mertz et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:42 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-42 |
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