SF positive | SF negative | ||||
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SF and BC detected same pathogen | Only SF detected pathogen | SF and BC detected different pathogens | BC detected pathogen | BC and SF neg. | |
Number of samples | 14 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 63 |
Number of patients | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 48 |
Patients in ICU at time of specimen collection | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 50 |
Number of samples drawn with concomitant antimicrobial therapy | 13 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 50 |
Median Age (± SD) [years] | 59 (± 18) | 52 (± 17) | |||
Gender | 8 female/14 male | 20 female/35 male | |||
Median Duration of hospitalisation (± SD) [days] | 40 (± 39) | 34 (± 43) | |||
Hospital mortality | 36.4% | 30.9% | |||
Median Number of SIRS criteria (± SD) | 2.9 (± 1.1) | 2.2 (± 1.1) |