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 |
IQR, interquartile range.