Table 3.

Duration of Hospitalization, C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Level at Discharge from Hospital, and Mortality Data for Patients With Campylobacter jejuni or Campylobacter coli Bacteremia According to Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Therapy During Hospital Treatment Period

Antimicrobial treatment	Duration of hospitalization, median, days	CRP, mg/La	Deaths within 30 days	Deaths within 1 year
1. Appropriate treatment (n = 50)b	5
A. Empirical (n = 30)	4	35	1	2
B. Delayed (n = 20)	6	22	0	3
2. Inappropriate or no treatment (n = 26)	3c	26	1	1
3. Delayed, inappropriate, or no treatment (n = 46)d	4c	24	1	4
Pe	.008 (1 vs 2), .03 (1A vs 1B), NS (1A vs 3)	NS	NSf	NSf

^aMedian levels at hospital discharge, calculated for patients in whom this information was available 87%, 100%, and 77%, respectively, in groups 1A, 1B, and 2.

^bAppropriateness was defined according to antimicrobial susceptibility results (minimum inhibitory concentrations) of the bacterial isolates for gentamicin, meropenem, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, and doxycycline.

^cThe exact duration of hospitalization was not known for 1 patient in this group.

^dGroup 3 = Groups 1B and 2 combined.

^eThe Mann-Whitney test was used unless otherwise mentioned. Groups compared are indicated in parentheses; NS, not significant (P > .05).

^fFisher’s exact test was used to compare mortality in groups 1 versus 2, 1A versus 1B, and 1A versus 3.