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Table 5 30-day mortality analyses, using logistic regression analyses

From: Classification of positive blood cultures: computer algorithms versus physicians' assessment - development of tools for surveillance of bloodstream infection prognosis using population-based laboratory databases

Comparison

Physicians’ assessment

Computer algorithm

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals)

   

Crude model

Adjusted model1

Bloodstream infection vs. contamination

Bloodstream infection

Bloodstream infection

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 

Contamination

Bloodstream infection

0.94 (0.70-1.27)

1.18 (0.87-1.60)

 

Bloodstream infection

Contamination

0.89 (0.65-1.23)

1.04 (0.75-1.45)

 

Contamination

Contamination

0.74 (0.64-0.85)

0.84 (0.73-0.97)

Polymicrobial vs. monomicrobial

Polymicrobial

Polymicrobial

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 

Monomicrobial

Polymicrobial

0.76 (0.56-1.03)

0.78 (0.57-1.07)

 

Polymicrobial

Monomicrobial

1.15 (0.63-2.09)

1.19 (0.64-2.22)

 

Monomicrobial

Monomicrobial

0.55 (0.46-0.66)

0.56 (0.47-0.67)

Hospital-onset vs. community-onset

Hospital-onset

Hospital-onset

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 

Community-onset

Hospital-onset

0.66 (0.55-0.79)

0.65 (0.54-0.78)

 

Hospital-onset

Community-onset

0.60 (0.45-0.80)

0.63 (0.47-0.86)

 

Community-onset

Community-onset

0.40 (0.35-0.46)

0.40 (0.35-0.46)

Healthcare-association vs. no healthcare-association

Healthcare-association

Healthcare-association

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 

No healthcare-association

Healthcare-association

1.26 (0.94-1.68)

1.20 (0.89-1.62)

 

Healthcare-association

No healthcare-association

0.80 (0.48-1.32)

0.77 (0.46-1.29)

 

No healthcare-association

No healthcare-association

0.74 (0.56-0.99)

0.77 (0.57-1.04)

  1. 1 Adjusted for age, gender, and comorbidity.