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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Medicine (Baltimore). 2009 Sep;88(5):263–267. doi: 10.1097/MD.0b013e3181b8fccb

TABLE 2.

Clinical Characteristics of Patients With SAB, With and Without IDC

Complication IDC (n = 122) No IDC (n = 118) p Value*
No. (%) No. (%)
Septic arthritis 10 (8.2) 3 (2.5) 0.05
Prosthetic joint infection 4 (3.3) 1 (0.8) 0.19
Central nervous system involvement 7 (5.7) 0 (0) <0.01
Endocarditis 25 (20.5) 3 (2.5) <0.01
Abdominal abscess 3 (2.5) 4 (3.4) 0.67
Catheter-associated bacteremia 22 (18.0) 17 (38.1) <0.01
Osteomyelitis 19 (15.6) 4 (3.4) 0.01
Pneumonia 13 (10.7) 23 (19.5) 0.06
Surgical site infection 8 (6.6) 4 (3.4) 0.29
*

By t test.