Table 2.

Mortality rate and risk factors

Group	N = 560	Death (n = 19)	P value	OR	95% CI for OR
					Lower	Upper
Gender
Male	318	6 (1.9%)	.02	2.95	1.11	7.88
Female	242	13 (5.4%)
Risk group
LR	205	7 (3.4%)	.98	0.99	0.38	2.56
IR/HR	355	12 (3.4%)
Fever
Yes	556	19 (3.4%)	1.00	0.97	0.95	0.98
No	4	0 (0%)
Severe neutropeniaa
Yes	369	17 (4.6%)	.03	0.22	0.05	0.96
No	191	2 (1.1%)
Neutropenia ≥7 d
Yes	187	6 (3.2%)	.87	1.09	0.41	2.92
No	373	13 (3.5%)
Multidrug resistant
Yes	121	7 (5.8%)	.15	0.46	0.18	1.19
No	439	12 (2.7%)
Concurrent comorbidities
Yes	86	14 (16.3%)	<.001	0.06	0.02	0.16
No	474	5 (1.1%)
Fungal infection
Yes	8	2 (25%)	.03	0.10	0.02	0.51
No	552	17 (3.1%)
Multiple organisms
Yes	31	2 (6.5%)	.28	0.48	0.11	2.18
No	529	17 (3.2%)
Gram stainb
Positive	279	4 (4.9%)	.02	0.28	0.09	0.88
Negative	244	12 (1.4%)

^aNeutrophil counts <0.1 × 10⁹/L.

^bOnly limited to pure growth cases.