Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients and specimens

Characteristics (unit)	Numerical data, n (%)
Median age (years)	73
Interquartile range (years)	61–83
Category by age (years), n (%)
<20	1 (0·6)
20–40	13 (7·8)
41–60	24 (14·5)
61–80	74 (44·6)
81–100	54 (32·5)
Gender, no. males (%)	121 (72·9)
Source, n (%)
Sputum	70 (42·2)
Urine	45 (27·1)
Blood	26 (15·7)
Others	25 (15·0)
Comorbidities, n (%)
Brain diseases	50 (30·1)
Pulmonary infections	35 (21·1)
Diseases of the digestive system	28 (16·9)
Diseases of the urinary system	10 (6·0)
Heart diseases	9 (5·4)
Others	34 (20·5)
Origin, n (%)
Intensive care unit	105 (63·3)
Neurosurgery	13 (7·8)
Neurology	5 (3·0)
Senior officials’ inpatient ward	5 (3·0)
Others	38 (22·89)
Average hospital stay (days)	50
Interquartile range (days)	22–58
Outcomes, n (%)
Crude 7‐day mortality	1 (0·6)
Crude 30‐day mortality	5 (3·4)
Total mortality	8 (5·4)