Table 5.

Comparative Analysis of Demographic, Clinical, and Laboratory Data in Acute and Subacute Phase of Bacteremic Patients

Variable	Acute (n = 43)	Subacute (n = 7)	P value
Demographics
Age, y	45.7 ±18.0	48.6 ± 16.6	0.694
Male sex	32 (74.1)	5 (71.4)	1.000
Clinical manifestation
Fever	41 (95.3)	7 (100.0)	1.000
Chills	22 (51.2)	4 (57.1)	1.000
Arthralgia	24 (55.8)	5 (71.4)	0.684
Myalgia	7 (16.3)	0 (0.0)	0.573
Back pain	3 (7.0)	1 (1.4)	0.464
Splenomegaly	9 (20.9)	2 (28.6)	0.641
Lose weight	13 (30.2)	4 (57.1)	0.210
Cough	13 (30.2)	3 (42.9)	0.666
Laboratory signs
Hb	115.4 ±18.9	122.0 ± 12.2	0.380
WBC	4.7 (3.4–7.2)	3.5 (3.4–6.4)	0.758
PLT	187.8 ±84.6	132.7 ±62.8	0.107
ESR	43.7 ±24.7	28.8 ±18.8	0.174
CRP	38.7 (21.0–66.4)	8.2 (7.1–32.0)	0.010
ALT	41.0 (21.0–49.0)	26.0 (19.0–77.0)	0.114
AST	43.0 (25.0–76.0)	40.0 (22.0–54.0)	0.371
LDH	355.0 (215.0–517.0)	209.0 (180.0–216.0)	0.010
APTT	42.5 (37.5–47)	47.9 (40.2–56.4)	0.210
PT	13.9 (13.4–14.5)	14.6 (13.5–15.0)	0.253
DD	1.5 (1.0–2.5)	1.3 (0.4–1.7)	0.343
FDP	5.1 (3.5–9.4)	2.7 (1.5–4.8)	0.064

Note: Data are expressed as number (%) of patients.