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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Mar 25;12(11):1942–1949.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.03.011

Table 2.

Comparison of 226 patients with bloodstream infections with 1325 patients without BSI

BSI (N=226) No BSI (N=1325) p-value
Age 40.5 (30.0–51.0) 39.0 (29.0–50.0) 0.49
Female 143 (63.3%) 923 (69.7%) 0.06
Etiology 0.30
APAP 100 (44.3%) 619 (46.7%)
Viral Hepatitis 15 (6.6%) 138 (10.4%)
DILI 27 (12.0%) 147 (11.1%)
Indeterminate 34 (15.0%) 172 (13.0%)
Other 50 (22.1%) 249 (18.8%)
Biochemistry*
APACHE II 17.0 (14.0–22.0) 15.0 (10.0–21.0) 0.02
MELD 31.7 (26.0–38.1) 31.7 (24.5–38.8) 0.96
INR 2.6 (1.9–4.1) 2.7 (2.0–4.2) 0.14
Bilirubin (mg/dl) 7.6 (4.1–20.2) 7.3 (3.7–20.5) 0.50
Creatinine (mg/dl) 1.8 (1.0–3.1) 1.6 (0.9–3.1) 0.14
Lactate (mg/dl) 4.9 (2.8–10.9) 4.4 (2.5–9.5) 0.10
ALT (U/L) 1461.0 (492.5–3794.5) 2076.5 (674.0–4645.0) 0.02
WBC 10.3 (6.8–16.3) 10.5 (7.2–15.1) 0.86
Platelet Count 120.0 (81.0–187.0) 133.0 (87.0–197.0) 0.07
Organ Support
Mechanical Ventilation
Admission* 128 (56.9%) 579 (43.9%) <0.001
7-days** 164 (72.6%) 780 (58.9%) 0.0001
Vasopressors
Admission* 51 (23.0%) 242 (18.6%) 0.13
7-days** 95 (42.4%) 418 (31.7%) 0.002
Renal Replacement Therapy
Admission* 50 (22.3%) 271 (20.7%) 0.57
7-days** 79 (35.1%) 443 (33.6%) 0.65
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis** 77 (34.1%) 523 (39.5%) 0.12
Coma Grade* 0.002
1 or 2 (Low) 96 (42.5%) 711 (53.8%)
3 or 4 (High) 130 (57.5%) 610 (46.2%)
  • Normally distributed data presented as mean (Standard deviation)
  • Non-normally distributed data presented as Median (IQR)
  • Categorical data presented as percentage (chi-square test)
  • *~On admission
  • **~During 7-day inpatient phase
  • ***~21-day post-enrollment