Table 6. Patient outcomes by IVDU” History.
| Characteristic | IVDU Yes N = 30 |
IVDU No N = 77 |
P-value 1 | P-value 2** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis | 2 (6.7) | 20 (26.0) | 0.41* | |
| Septic Shock | 4 (13.3) | 17 (22.1) | ||
| Previous positive culture (Mean ± SD, Range) | 0.8 ± 2.6 (0.0–14.0) |
0.9 ± 2.7 (0.0–14.0) |
0.30 | 0.84 |
| Number of positive blood cultures (Mean ± SD, Range) | 5.8 ± 4.9 1(0.0–20.0) |
4.2 ± 3.5 (1.0–18.0) |
0.14 | 0.21 |
| Fever (⁰C), T MAX (Mean ± SD, Range) | 39.1 ± 0.8 (37.9–41.1) |
38.5 ± 0.5 (37.3–40.1) |
0.29 | 0.39 |
| Fever duration, days (Mean ± SD, Range) | 4.1 ± 5.4 (0.0–25.0) |
3.1 ± 4.4 (0.0–29.0) |
0.48 | 0.26 |
| Length of ICU stay, days (Mean ± SD, Range) | 2.8 ± 5.4 (0.0–21.0) |
4.2 ± 5.7 (0.0–22.0) |
0.79 0.29 |
0.84 |
| Outcome of Infection | ||||
| Cured | 11 (36.7) | 47 (61.0) | 0.002 | |
| Expired | 4 (13.3) | 17 (22.1) | 0.003 | |
| Unknown | 15 (50.0) | 13 (16.9) | ||
| Death Date Known (N, %) | 4 (3.7) | 14(13.1) | 0.75 |
0.77 |
″Intravenous Drug Use
*P-values in P-value 1 column for categorical variables from chi-squared tests, unless indicated with an asterisk (*) where Fisher’s Exact Test was used; for continuous variables, p-values from Student’s t-test with Satterthwaite adjustment when appropriate.
**P-values in P-value 2 column from Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for non-normal distributions.