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. 2008 Nov 26;9:560. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-560

Table 2.

Relationships between clinical determinants and the 11 major clonal complexes

A B2 D
All CC2
(n = 13)
CC66
((n = 11)
CC1
(n = 17)
CC4
(n = 17)
CC36
(n = 7)
CC6
(n = 5)
CC32
(n = 6)
CC10
(n = 8)
CC40
(n = 7)
CC43
(n = 5)
CC3
(n = 10)

Age ≥ 65 years old 82 5 7 9 6 3 3 2 4 3 3 6
Male gender 84 8 4 10 8 0** 3 6** 4 4 1 5
Diabetes mellitus 33 2 2 5 1 1 3* 1 1 1 1 1
Neoplasia 30 5* 3 3 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 2
Hematological malignancy 32 1 3 3 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 4
HIV infection 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Renal failure 33 1 5** 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Immune status
Immunocompetent 102 7 7 14 10 3 3 5 6 7** 2 4
Immunocompromised 59 6 4 3 7 4 2 1 2 0 3 6
Origin of infection
Community-acquired 99 7 6 12 12 4 3 4 6 5 2 5
Nosocomial 62 6 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 5
Source of bacteremia
Urinary tract 66 4 3 12** 11** 4 2 0* 4 3 1 1**
Digestive tract 59 7 4 5 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 7**
Others and unknown 36 2 4 0** 3 1 0 4** 2 3 1 2
Sepsis stage
 Sepsis 131 12 9 15 13 7 5 4 8 4 4 6
 Severe sepsis 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1
 Septic shock 18 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Died 16 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2

Data are displayed as number of isolates. CC: clonal complex.

* p < 0.1 for considered CC vs. all other isolates.

** p < 0.05 for considered CC vs. all other isolates.