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. 2021 May-Jun;36(3):338–345. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0077

Table 6.

Patient factors for pediatric patients with respect to culture positivity.

  Culture P-value
Culture (-) Culture (+)
Pediatric patients Age (years) Mean ± SD 4.02±4.07 2.81±4.71 0.016
Hemodialysis n (%)  (-) 28 (62.2) 6 (28.6) 0.022
 (+) 17 (37.8) 15 (71.4)  
ECMO duration n (%) < 5 days 25 (55.6) 6 (28.6) 0.041
> 5 days 20 (44.4) 15 (71.4)  
Adult patients Age (years) Mean ± SD 54.54±15.83 53.26±18.78 0.895
Hemodialysis n (%)  (-) 11 (52.4) 10 (34.5) 0.021
 (+) 10 (47.6) 19 (65.5)  
ECMO duration n (%) < 5 days 13 (61.9) 7 (24.1) 0.001
> 5 days 8 (38.1) 22 (75.9)  

ECMO=extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; SD=standard deviation