Table 1. Characteristics of the 45 patients with bacteremia caused Elizabethkingia-like organisms.

Characteristics	Number of patients (%)		P-valuec
	Elizabethkingiabacteremia (n = 21)	Non-Elizabethkingiabacteremia (n = 24)
Sex (male:female)	11:10	13:11	0.90
Underlying diseases	19 (90.5)	24 (100)	0.12
Hospital- vs community-acquireda	15:4	7:1	0.60
Diagnosisb
Biliary tract infection	2 (9.5)	0 (0)	0.12
Catheter-related bacteremia	5 (23.8)	1 (4.2)	0.05
Community-acquired pneumonia	3 (14.3)	0 (0)	0.06
Neonatal meningitis	3 (14.3)	0 (0)	0.06
Neutropenic fever	1 (4.8)	2 (8.3)	0.63
Nosocomial bacteremia	3 (14.3)	5 (20.8)	0.57
Nosocomial pneumonia	2 (9.5)	0 (0)	0.12
Primary bacteremia	0 (0)	1 (4.2)	0.34
Pseudobacteremia	2 (9.5)	16 (76.1)	0.00009
>1 positive blood cultures	3 (14.3)	1 (4.2)	0.23
Polymicrobial bacteremia	0 (0)	10 (41.7)	0.0008
Positive cultures from other sites	8 (38.1)	1 (4.2)	0.005
Complications	7 (33.3)	1 (4.2)	0.01
Attributable mortality	4 (19.0)	0 (0)	0.025

^aexcluding pseudobacteremia.

^bThe percentages add up to more than 100% because some patients have more than one diagnosis.

^cby Chi-square test.