Table 4.
Characteristics of Patients Who Satisfied No Clinical Prediction Criteria
| No. (%) of patients, by study |
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| Characteristic | INSTINCT (n = 83) | SABG (n = 125) |
| Death within 90 days | 15 (18.1) | 32 (25.6) |
| and no echocardiography performeda | 8 (9.6) | 9 (7.2) |
| Survived 90 days and no echocardiography performed | 26 (31.3) | 24 (19.2) |
| and >14 days of antimicrobial therapy | 13 (15.7) | 13 (10.4) |
| and >21 days of antimicrobial therapy | 5 (6) | 6 (4.8) |
| and >28 days antimicrobial therapy | 2 (2.4) | 4 (3.2) |
NOTE. INSTINCT, Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infection Cohort; SABG, S. aureus Bacteremia Group
a
Transthoracic echocardiography or transesophageal echocardiography within 90 days after onset of S. aureus bacteremia.