TABLE 5.
Time from admission to positive blood culture and time from positive blood culture to death, by isolated microorganism.
| Microorganism | Time (days) from admission to positive blood culture: median (IQR) |
Time (days) from positive blood culture to death: median (IQR) |
| Enterococcus spp. (n: 34) | 26(20−39)* | 12(5−43) |
| Candida spp. (n: 16) | 27(13−35) | 11(4−32) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii (n: 14) | 19(11−27) | 22(10−44) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae (n: 12) | 29(16−37) | 13(5−42) |
| Staphylococcus aureus (n: 10) | 8(5−16)* | 10(8−17) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n: 8) | 30(18−43) | 14(10−29) |
| Other Enterobacterales (n: 7) | 16(9−26) | 9(4−19) |
| Other bacteria (n: 6) | 17(5−37) | 12(8−21) |
| All (n: 107) | 23(14−35) | 13(6−32) |
*p < 0.01 (compared to all the other bacteria), Mann–Whitney U test.