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. 2020 Aug 20;64(9):e00578-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00578-20

TABLE 1.

Baseline patient demographics and clinical conditions

Characteristic No. (%) or median (IQR)a
P value
Pre-AXDX group (n = 84) Post-AXDX group (n = 89)
Age (yrs) 71 (60–79) 70 (60–79) 0.88
Female 42 (50) 48 (53.9) 0.60
Immunosuppression 13 (15.5) 19 (21.4) 0.32
Charlson comorbidity score 5 (3.0–7.0) 5 (3.5–8.0) 0.29
Septic shock diagnosis 13 (15.5) 7 (7.9) 0.12
ICU admission 24 (28.6) 13 (14.6) 0.04
Source of infection 0.27
    Urine 56 (66.7) 44 (49.4)
    Intraabdominal/biliary 12 (14.3) 20 (22.5)
    Line related 7 (7.9) 6 (6.7)
    Other/unknown 2 (2.2) 11 (12.4)
ID consulted 24 (28.6) 33 (37.1) 0.23
Prior hospitalization within 90 days 22 (26.2) 28 (31.5) 0.23
a

IQR, interquartile range.