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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients with bacteremia caused by either gram negative (GN) or gram positive (GP) bacteria.

From: Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteria

Mean (SD) or number (%)

GN bacteremia n = 52

GP bacteremia n = 45

p

Age (year-old)

68.2 (15.5)

61.0 (14.1)

0.047

Male/female

71.1/28.9

55.6/44.4

0.115

Medical/surgical admission

88.5/11.5

88.9/11.1

0.947

SAPS II

48.8 (19.3)

48.2 (18.4)

0.870

  1. SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiologic Score; GN: gram negative; GP: gram positive.