Table 2.
Infection manifestation.
| Infection Type | Overall | Systemic | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolated | Complicated | |||||
| Number of patients | 300 | 104 | 54 | 142 | ||
| Prior device infection | 44 (14.7) | 19 (18.3) | 9 (16.7) | 16 (11.3) | 0.278 | |
| Temperature > 37.8 °C | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 156 (52.0) | 94 (90.4) | 28 (51.9) | 34 (23.9) | ||
| Yes | 134 (44.7) | 9 (8.7) | 23 (42.6) | 102 (71.8) | ||
| Unspecified | 10 (3.3) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (5.6) | 6 (4.2) | ||
| Lekuocytosis > 10K | 113 (37.7) | 23 (22.1) | 19 (35.2) | 71 (50.0) | <0.001 | |
| Duration of antibiotics (days) | 27.7 ± 19.8 | 16.5 ± 11.5 | 32.1 ± 24.6 | 34.1 ± 19.3 | <0.001 | |
| Lab results | ||||||
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.4 ± 1.0 | 1.2 ± 0.7 | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 1.6 ± 1.1 | 0.001 | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.1 ± 1.9 | 12.0 ± 1.7 | 11.9 ± 1.5 | 10.2 ± 1.6 | <0.001 | |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.2 ± 0.7 | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 3.5 ± 0.5 | 2.8 ± 0.7 | <0.001 | |
| Pocket Dehiscence | <0.001 | |||||
| Negative | 179 (59.7) | 25 (24.0) | 15 (27.8) | 139 (97.9) | ||
| Positive | 117 (39.0) | 78 (75.0) | 39 (72.2) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Unspecified | 4 (1.3) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.1) | ||
| Pocket Culture | <0.001 | |||||
| Negative | 130 (43.3) | 15 (14.4) | 5 (9.3) | 110 (77.5) | ||
| Positive | 154 (51.3) | 87 (83.7) | 48 (88.9) | 19 (13.4) | ||
| Not performed | 10 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (7.0) | ||
| Unspecified | 6 (2.0) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | 3 (2.1) | ||
| Blood Culture | <0.001 | |||||
| Negative | 149 (49.7) | 102 (98.1) | 24 (44.4) | 23 (16.2) | ||
| Positive | 148 (49.3) | 0 (0.0) | 29 (53.7) | 119 (83.8) | ||
| Not performed | 2 (0.7) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Unspecified | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Lead Culture | 0.501 | |||||
| Negative | 205 (68.3) | 67 (64.4) | 39 (72.2) | 99 (69.7) | ||
| Positive | 85 (28.3) | 31 (29.8) | 14 (25.9) | 40 (28.2) | ||
| Not performed | 8 (2.7) | 5 (4.8) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (1.4) | ||
| Unspecified | 2 (0.7) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | ||
| Transthoracic Echocardiography | 0.002 | |||||
| No vegetation | 166 (55.3) | 61 (58.7) | 34 (63.0) | 71 (50.0) | ||
| Vegetation | 25 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (16.7) | 16 (11.3) | ||
| Not performed | 69 (23.0) | 21 (20.2) | 10 (18.5) | 38 (26.8) | ||
| Unspecified | 40 (13.3) | 22 (21.2) | 1 (1.9) | 17 (12.0) | ||
| Transesophageal Echocardiography | <0.001 | |||||
| No vegetation | 75 (25.0) | 40 (38.5) | 12 (22.2) | 23 (16.2) | ||
| Vegetation | 102 (34.0) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (51.9) | 74 (52.1) | ||
| Not performed | 29 (9.7) | 22 (21.2) | 3 (5.6) | 4 (2.8) | ||
| Unspecified | 94 (31.3) | 42 (40.4) | 11 (20.4) | 41 (28.9) | ||