Table 3 Risk of recurrence, 2–365 days after the incident episode of bacteraemia
Empirical antibiotic therapy | Incident episode n (% of total) | Recurrent episode, day 2–365 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Cause-specific Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | |||
Crude | Adjusteda | |||
Appropriate | 3778 (58) | 375 (9.9) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) |
Inappropriate | 1290 (20) | 176 (13.6) | 1.50 (1.25–1.79) | 1.25 (1.03–1.52) |
Unknown | 1415 (22) | 161 (11.4) | 1.23 (1.02–1.48) | 1.31 (1.08–1.60) |