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Table 6 Age-adjusted time trends in bloodstream infection (BSI) mortality stratified by sex. BSI rate ratios per calendar year by Poisson regression are shown

From: Burden of bloodstream infection in an area of Mid-Norway 2002-2013: a prospective population-based observational study

 

Females

 

Males

 
 

Mortality rate ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Mortality rate ratio (95% CI)

p-value

BSI, all

1.014 (0 .965–1.067)

0.58

0.974 (0.933–1.017)

0.23

Place of acquisition

 Community acquired

0.917 (0.838–1.002)

0.056

0.979 (0.8980–1.068)

0.64

 Health care-associated

1.074 (0.999–1.154)

0.052

0.982 (0.928–1.039)

0.53

 Hospital acquired

0.998 (0.882–1.129)

0.97

0.915 (0.825–1.015)

0.095

Infection focus

 Urinary tract

0.989 (0.893–1.095)

0.83

1.114 (1.001–1.239)

0.047

 Lungs

1.018 (0.908–1.140)

0.76

0.910 (0.838–0.988)

0.024

 Biliary tract

0.982 (0.740–1.303)

0.90

1.030 (0.867–1.226)

0.73

 Gastrointestinal tract

0.978 (0.800–1.195)

0.83

0.891 (0.724–1.097)

0.28

 Skin or soft tissue

1.007 (0.855–1.186)

0.93

0.994 (0.880–1.122)

0.92

 Other

0.913 (0.782–1.065)

0.25

1.024 (0.879–1.193)

0.76

 Unknown

1.086 (0.981–1.202)

0.11

0.922 (0.836–1.017)

0.10

Microbe group

 Gram-negative BSI

1.023 (0.953–1.098)

0.53

1.011 (0.941–1.085)

0.77

 Gram-positive BSI

0.999 (0.921–1.084)

0.99

0.937 (0.884–0.993)

0.027

 Polymicrobial or fungal BSI

0.952 (0.829–1.093)

0.49

1.072 (0.911–1.260)

0.40

Microbes (the four most common)

Escherichia coli

1.014 (0.911–1.129)

0.79

0.957 (0.964–1.060)

0.40

Streptococcus pneumoniae

0.971 (0.812–1.161)

0.75

0.850 (0.745–0.971)

0.017

Staphylococcus aureus

0.985 (0.880–1.103)

0.80

0.972 (0.882–1.070)

0.56

Klebsiella spp.

1.169 (0.960–1.425)

0.12

1.107 (0.916–1.338)

0.29