Table 1. Patient provenance, speciality and primary focus of Escherichia coli bacteraemia, England, April 2012–March 2014 (n = 66,512 patients)a.
| Patient provenance n (%) | Specialty n (%) | Primary focus of infection n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 50,610 (76.1) | General medicine | 27,254 (41.0) | Genital/urinary tract | 27,328 (41.1) |
| Nursing/residential home | 5,352 (8.0) | Otherb | 9,525 (14.3) | Unknown | 11,971 (18.0) |
| Not known | 2,051 (3.1) | Surgery | 8,506 (12.8) | Hepatobiliary | 7,611 (11.4) |
| Hospital (UK or abroad, incl. private) | 1,380 (2.1) | Care of the elderly | 5,760 (8.7) | Gastrointestinal (not hepatobiliary) | 3,493 (5.3) |
| Otherc | 469 (0.7) | A and E | 5,381 (8.1) | Respiratory tract | 2,065 (3.1) |
| PCT Hospital | 156 (0.2) | Urology related | 2,005 (3.0) | Otherd | 1,932 (2.9) |
| Non-UK resident | 117 (0.2) | Oncology | 1,644 (2.5) | Indwelling intravascular device | 828 (1.2) |
| Blank | 6,377 (9.6) | Paediatrics | 1,351 (2.0) | Skin/soft tissue | 610 (0.9) |
| Not known | 424 (0.6) | Blank | 10,674 (16.0) | ||
| Blank | 4,662 (7.0) | ||||
A and E: Accident and Emergency; Incl.: including; PCT: Primary Care Trust; UK: United Kingdom.
a Of 66,512 cases of bacteraemia included in the study, information on patient provenance was available for 60,135 cases, on speciality for 61,850 and on the underlying primary focus for 55,838. Percentages in the table are based on the total of 66,512 patients.
b Specialities which were not commonly reported were grouped as ‘other’.
c Including temporary accommodation and penal establishment.
d Including: no clinical signs, bone and joint, central nervous system.