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Table 3.

Antibiotic empirical therapy and outcomes of Bacillus cereus bloodstream infection

Variable	All patients (n = 29)	Empirical therapy that was deemed		P value
Variable	All patients (n = 29)	Appropriate (n = 9)	Inappropriate (n = 20)	P value
Duration of appropriate antibiotic treatment median (days, range)	15 (7–41)	13 (7–20)	16.5 (7–41)	0.050
Early defervescence (patients)	10	6	4	0.032*
Survival at 4 weeks (patients)	27^a	8/9 (88.9 %)	19/19 (100 %)	0.321

* Statistically significant (p < 0.05)

^aOne patient was excluded in this analysis because of transfer to another hospital