Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study population and isolated microorganisms
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| No of patients | 102 (100) |
| Age (years)* | 72.5 (56.0–84.0) |
| Sex | |
| Men | 71 (69.6) |
| Baseline creatinine (mg/dL)† | 1.0±0.5 |
| Antibiotic allergies | |
| Not known | 90 (88.2) |
| Penicillin | 5 (4.95) |
| Aminoglycosides | 2 (1.95) |
| Quinolones | 2 (1.95) |
| Tetracycline | 2 (1.95) |
| Rifaximin | 1 (1) |
| Isolated microorganisms | |
| Staphylococcus spp | 72 (70,6) |
| No microbiological isolations | 11 (10.7) |
| Enterococcus spp | 10 (9.7) |
| Streptococcus spp | 4 (4) |
| Corynebacterium spp | 1 (1) |
| Cutibacterium spp | 1 (1) |
| Enterococcus spp + Streptococcus spp | 1 (1) |
| Enterococcus spp + Staphylococcus spp | 1 (1) |
| Staphylococcus spp + Streptococcus spp | 1 (1) |
*Median (IQR).
†Mean±SD.