Table 2.

Distribution of positive blood culture across various demographic parameters

	Growth	No Growth	Total
Gender
Male	119 (21.6%)	432 (78.4%)	551 (100%)
Female	98 (21.5%)	358 (78.5%)	456 (100%)
P=0.97
Age groups (years)
0-10	28 (15.38%)	154 (84.62%)	182 (100%)
11-20	18 (11.32%)	141 (88.68%)	159 (100%)
21-30	25 (18.52%)	110 (81.48%)	135 (100%)
31-40	26 (27.96%)	67 (72.04%)	93 (100%)
41-50	33 (31.73%)	71 (68.27%)	104 (100%)
51-60	35 (28.23%)	89 (71.77%)	124 (100%)
61-70	30 (21.28%)	111 (78.72%)	141 (100%)
>70	22 (31.88%)	47 (68.12%)	69 (100%)
P≤0.001
Location
OPD	23 (10.5%)	196 (89.5%)	219 (100%)
IPD	194 (24.62%)	594 (75.38%)	788 (100%)
P≤0.001; Odds ratio: 2.78
Departments
Gen Medicine	57 (15.2%)	318 (84.8%)	375 (100%)
Trauma & Emer.	105 (41.5%)	148 (58.5%)	253 (100%)
Paediatrics	29 (12.29%)	207 (87.71%)	236 (100%)
Paediatric Surgery	9 (20%)	36 (80%)	45 (100%)
Neurosurgery	6 (15.79%)	32 (84.21%)	38 (100%)
Gen Surgery	4 (18.18%)	18 (81.82%)	22 (100%)
Others	7 (18.42%)	31 (81.58%)	38 (100%)
P≤0.001
Central venous access
Present	39 (25.66%)	113 (74.34%)	152 (100%)
Absent	178 (20.82%)	677 (79.18%)	855 (100%)
P=0.18; Odds ratio: 1.31
History of Diabetes Mellitus
Present	71 (28.17%)	181 (71.83%)	252 (100%)
Absent	146 (19.34%)	609 (80.66%)	755 (100%)
P=0.003; Odds ratio: 1.63
Clinical Presentation
Fever	360 (77.25%)	106 (22.75%)	466 (100%)
Respiratory symptoms (shortness of breath, tachypnoea, cough)	99 (77.34%)	29 (22.65%)	128 (100%)
Meningeal signs (headache, vomiting)	89 (79.46%)	23 (20.54%)	112 (100%)
Urinary symptoms (Burning micturition, frequency)	68 (79.07%)	18 (20.93%)	86 (100%)
Gastro-intestinal symptoms (pain in abdomen, diarrhoea)	70 (82.35%)	15 (17.65%)	85 (100%)
Cellulitis	38 (79.17%)	10 (20.83%)	48 (100%)
Sepsis	38 (79.17%)	10 (20.83%)	48 (100%)
Others	28 (82.35%)	6 (17.65%)	34 (100%)
P=0.97