Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Total (N = 280)
Age (years) [median (IQR)]	61 (44–74)
Female sex [n (%)]	118 (42.1)
White race [n (%)]	261 (93.2)
Pitt bacteremia score [median (IQR)]	2 (0–3)
Charlson Comorbidity Index [median (IQR)]	4 (1–6)
Source of infection [n (%)]	–
SSTI	206 (73.6)
Respiratory	29 (10.4)
Oropharyngeal	11 (3.9)
Other a	10 (3.6)
Unknown	24 (8.6)
PWID [n (%)]	55 (19.6)
ID consultation [n (%)]	131 (46.8)

Note. ID, infectious diseases; IQR, interquartile range; PWID, person who injects drugs; SSTI, skin and soft tissue infection.

^a Other infrequent sources of infection included endocarditis, endometriosis, spinal hardware infection, septic arthritis, and urinary.