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Table 6.

Patient-based coverage of blood culture pathogens

Risc factor			CTX		TZP		CP
		n		p-value		p-value		p-value
Time of bile collection from admission	≤ 48 h	21	71.4%	0.062	81.0%	0.044	95.2%	0.101
Time of bile collection from admission	> 48 h	23	43.5%	0.062	52.2%	0.044	78.3%	0.101
ICU^†	no	29	69.0%	0.024	75.9%	0.053	89.7%	0.376
ICU^†	yes	15	33.3%	0.024	46.7%	0.053	80.0%	0.376
Indwelling biliary tract drainage	no	22	68.2%	0.128	81.8%	0.026	90.9%	0.380
Indwelling biliary tract drainage	yes	22	45.5%	0.128	50.0%	0.026	81.8%	0.380
Any of the above risk factors	no	9	77.8%	0.155	100.0%	0.016	100.0%	0.181
Any of the above risk factors	yes	35	51.4%	0.155	57.1%	0.016	82.9%	0.181

Percentages indicate the proportion of patients for whom all blood culture pathogens would have been covered by the respective antibiotic

CTX cefotaxime, TZP piperacillin/tazobactam, CP carbapenem

^†ICU, treatment on ICU before or during bile sampling