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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included patients

From: Point-of-care neutrophil CD64 as a rule in diagnostic test for bacterial infections in the emergency department

 

Bacterial infections

Viral infections

Non-infectious disease:

Total (p)

N (%)

78 (43%)

64 (35%)

40 (22%)

182

Sex (Male/Female)

43/35

33/31

19/21

96/87 (p = 0.73)

Median age in years (min – max)

66 (18–95)

63 (29–91)

61 (23–85)

63 (18–95) (p = 0.14)

N hospital admissions (%)

65 (83.3%)

52 (82.5%)

21 (51.2%)

138 (p < 0.001)

Median length of admission in days (min – max)

5 (0–61)

6 (0–39)

1 (0–36)

4 (0–61) (p < 0.001)

N Immunocompromised patients (%)

29 (37.2%)

17 (26.6%)

17 (42.5%)

63 (34.6%) (p = 0.21)

N patients already using antibiotics (%)

16 (20.5%)

8 (12.7%)

2 (4.9%)

26 (14.3%) (p = 0.06)

N deaths

8 (10.3%)

10 (15.6%)

3 (7.5%)

21 (11.5%) (p = 0.40)

  1. Group definitions. Bacterial infections: Patients with symptoms suggestive of infection, combined with either a positive bacterial culture or radiological evidence of bacterial infection. Viral infections: Patients with symptoms suggestive of infection, combined with a positive viral PCR test. Non-infectious disease: Patients with symptoms matching a non-infectious diagnosis, without evidence of any infection according to their physician. Nb. Patients with both a bacterial infection and a second diagnosis are grouped under bacterial infections
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