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Table 1 -

From: Nosocomial bloodstream infection from abdominal origin in a general ICU: microbiological factors influencing outcome

 

Survivors (n = 39)

Nonsurvivors (n = 52)

P value

Antibiotic-resistant microorganism

17 (43.6%)

19 (36.5%)

0.523

Colonization prior to onset BSI

23 (59.0%)

24 (46.2%)

0.290

Polymicrobial BSI

9 (23.1%)

16 (30.8%)

0.482

> 1 presumed source of BSI

6 (15.4%)

4 (7.7%)

0.312