Table 2.
Vitals and laboratory blood tests
| All patients N = 313 |
EC-SC group N = 195 (62.3) |
EC-RC group N = 118 (37.7) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systemic temperature (°C), mean (SD) | 38.23 (1.22) | 38.28 (1.30) | 38.14 (1.08) | 0.346 |
| WBC K/microL, mean (SD) | 15.492 (7.614) | 14.788 (7.113) | 16.655 (8.278) | 0.035 |
| CRP mg/l, mean (SD) | 16.56 (10.33) | 16.67 (10.35) | 16.35 (10.34) | 0.793 |
| Albumin g/dl), mean (SD) | 3.07 (0.63) | 3.11 (0.47) | 3.02 (0.83) | 0.232 |
| ARF, Cr > 1.3, n (%) | 152 (48.6) | 89 (45.6) | 63 (53.4) | 0.184 |
| PBS, mean (SD) | 0.79 (1.22) | 0.77 (1.22) | 0.81 (1.23) | 0.756 |
| Number of E. coli positive hemocultures, mean (SD) | 1.29 (0.62) | 1.13 (0.41) | 1.55 (0.80) | < 0.001 |
Data is presented as mean (SD) or number (%)
EC-SC Group—patients with urosepsis caused by E. coli susceptible to 3rd generation cephalosporins
EC-RC Group—patients with urosepsis caused by E. coli resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporins
SD standard deviation, WBC white blood cells, CR C reactive protein, ARF acute renal failure, Cr creatinine, PBS Pitt bacteremia score