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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between patients with and without bloodstream infection

From: Eosinopenia as a diagnostic marker of bloodstream infection in a general internal medicine setting: a cohort study

Variable

Bloodstream infection

(n = 25)

No bloodstream infection(n = 164)

P value*

Age, y (SD) [median]

71.8 (15.8) [75.0]

62.8 (20.0) [68.0]

0.246

Male, n (%)

12 (46)

93 (57)

0.582

CRP, mg/l [median, IQR]

120.5 [93.8, 50.4–160.7]

63.5 [40.4, 8.7–88.7]

0.017

Total white cell count, cells/mm3 [median, IQR]

11,360 [11,100, 8400-12,700]

9901 [8900, 6700-12,000]

0.009

Eosinophil count, cells/mm3 [median, IQR]

32.0 [11.0, 0.00–38.4]

115.1 [37.6, 0.00–100.3]

0.741

Neutrophil count, cells/mm3 [median, IQR]

10,141 [9601, 6969-11,842]

7971 [7250, 4754-9964]

0.075

qSOFA score 0–1

22

145

0.208

qSOFA score 2–3

3

19

Chills, n (%)

8 (32)

34 (20)

0.891

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, CRP C-reactive protein. QSOFA Quick Sequential (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment
  2. *P values by chi-squared, Mann-Whitney U test, or Fisher’s exact test