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. 2022 Mar 25;12:5197. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09222-9

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 285 patients with bacteremic urinary tract infection.

Characteristicsa Total
(n = 285)
Atypical presentation
Yes (n = 144) No (n = 141)
Median age (IQR) 82 (73–87) 83 (78–82) 80 (67–86)
Women 186 (65.3) 86 (59.7) 100 (70.9)
Nursing home 44 (15.4) 25 (17.4) 19 (13.5)
The time to initial visit from symptom onset

Median days (IQR)

Less than 24 h

1 (0–2)

114 (40.0)

1 (0–2)

70 (48.6)

1 (0–2)

44 (31.2)

Medical history

Hypertension

Dementia

Stroke

Ischemic heart disease

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

Diabetes mellitus

156 (54.7)

53 (18.6)

62 (21.8)

24 (8.4)

26 (9.1)

102 (35.8)

85 (59.0)

37 (25.7)

33 (22.9)

9 (6.3)

14 (9.7)

54 (37.5)

71 (50.4)

16 (11.4)

29 (20.6)

15 (10.6)

12 (8.5)

48 (34.0)

Symptoms at presentation

Fever

Nausea or vomiting

Weakness

Flank pain

Back pain

Dysuria

Frequent urination

Dyspnea

Lower abdominal pain

Altered mental status

233 (81.8)

78 (27.4)

86 (30.2)

11 (3.9)

37 (13.0)

16 (5.6)

36 (12.6)

26 (9.1)

14 (4.9)

93 (32.6)

112 (77.8)

35 (24.3)

51 (35.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

13 (9.0)

0 (0.0)

54 (37.5)

121 (85.8)

43 (30.5)

35 (24.8)

11 (7.8)

37 (26.2)

16 (11.4)

36 (25.5)

13 (9.2)

14 (9.9)

39 (27.7)

Physical signs at presentation

Lower abdominal tenderness

Costovertebral angle tenderness

24 (8.4)

91 (31.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

24 (17.0)

91 (64.5)

Initial diagnosis at first contact

Urinary tract infection or urosepsis

Fever (unspecified)

Pneumonia

202 (70.9)

27 (9.5)

14 (4.9)

85 (59.0)

22 (15.3)

12 (8.3)

117 (83.0)

5 (3.6)

2 (1.4)

In-hospital mortality 17 (6.0) 11 (7.6) 6 (4.3)

aValues are expressed as numbers with the percentages of the total numbers, unless otherwise stated.