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Mortality by Type
| Delayed therapy N=1516 (%) |
Empirical therapy N=2848 (%) |
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death within 30 days of 1st culture | 69 (4) | 166 (6) | 1.14 (0.84, 1.56) |
| Death within 7 days of 1st culture | 23 (2) | 54 (2) | 1.10 (0.67, 1.82) |
| Death before hospital discharge | 100 (8) | 236 (9) | 1.06 (0.81, 1.39) |
Odds for empirical vancomycin therapy compared to delayed vancomycin therapy.
CI, confidence interval.
