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Table 3 Factors predictive of the appropriateness of first-line empirical antibiotic therapy in patients with bacterial sepsis

From: Procalcitonin kinetics within the first days of sepsis: relationship with the appropriateness of antibiotic therapy and the outcome

 

Odds ratio

Variable type

95% confidence interval

P value

Gram staining (positive)

2.61

Dichotomous

1.13 to 6.03

0.02

ΔPCT D2–D3

10.29

Continuous

1.66 to 63.9

0.01

  1. Multivariate analysis of factors predictive of the appropriateness of the first-line empirical antibiotic therapy in 147 patients with bacterial sepsis. PCT, procalcitonin; D1, day sepsis is diagnosed; ΔPCT D2–D3, procalcitonin decrease between day 3 and day 2 after the onset of sepsis.