Table 5.

Significant Predictors of S. Suis Mortality

Predictors	Univariate Analysis			Multivariable Analysis
OR	95% CI	p-value	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p-value
GCS <8	9.42	2.08–42.55	0.0058	1.71	0.10–28.50	0.709
Time to microbiological cure ≥ 6 days	6.21	1.35–28.55	0.0052	43.57	2.46–772.80	0.010
ALD	4.38	1.29–14.93	0.0262	2.24	0.32–15.84	0.417
Acute meningitis	0.21	0.045–0.95	0.0176	0.24	0.03–2.33	0.236
Septic shock	12.39	3.86–39.79	<0.001	13.34	1.63–109.03	0.016
Direct bilirubin >1.5 mg/dL	5.30	1.77–15.88	0.0024	12.86	1.91–86.59	0.009
Creatinine >1.8 mg/dL	4.73	1.60–13.96	0.0050	0.41	0.01–6.49	0.414
Bicarbonate <18 mmol/L	4.91	1.60–15.04	0.0073	3.00	0.12–73.62	0.500
Albumin <3.5 g/dL	5.04	1.10–23.21	0.0149	10.97	0.96–125.81	0.054

Note: All significant predictors, their 95% confidence intervals and p-value are indicated in bold.