Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Research
Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection and Clinical Sepsis
Stéphane Hugonnet*, Hugo Sax*, Philippe Eggimann*, Jean-Claude Chevrolet*, and Didier Pittet*
Table 2
Selected characteristics of the study populationa
| Patients without BSI n = 977 | Patients with BSI n = 91 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.28 | ||
| Male (%) | 562 (57.5) | 60 (65.9) | |
| Female (%) | 415 (42.5) | 31 (34.1) | |
| Median age (range) | 63.0 (16.2–92.0) | 59.2 (18.7–86.8) | 0.05 |
| Admission diagnosis | |||
| Infectious (%) | 377 (38.6) | 36 (39.6) | 0.86 |
| Cardiovascular (%) | 241 (24.7) | 17 (18.7) | 0.2 |
| Pulmonary (%) | 171 (17.5) | 18 (19.8) | 0.59 |
| Neurologic (%) | 68 (7.0) | 10 (11.0) | 0.16 |
| Intoxication (%) | 50 (5.1) | 2 (2.2) | 0.22 |
| Others (%) | 70 (7.2) | 8 (8.8) | 0.57 |
| No. of discharge diagnoses (range) | 5 (1–30) | 6 (1–19) | <0.001 |
| ICU length of stay (range) | 4 (2–134) | 14 (3–67) | <0.001 |
| ICU mortality rate | 154 (15.8) | 25 (27.5) | 0.004 |
aBSI, bloodstream infection; ICU, intensive care unit.
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