Severity of underlying disease and outcome in 272 episodes of healthcare-associated bloodstream infection with an identifiable source
| No of cases (%); total=272 | No of in-hospital deaths (%); total=83 | |
| Male gender (n (%)) | 164 (60) | 53/164 (32.3) |
| McCabe score (n (%)) | ||
| No underlying disease | 55 (20.2) | 7/55 (12.7) |
| Ultimately fatal disease | 115 (42.3) | 24/115 (20.9) |
| Rapidly fatal disease | 99 (36.4) | 51/99 (51.5) |
| Not evaluated | 3 (1.1) | 1/3 (33.3) |
| Age (n (%)) | ||
| <60 years | 101 (37.1) | 28/101 (27.7) |
| 60–80 years | 124 (45.6) | 42/124 (33.9) |
| >80 years | 47 (17.3) | 13/47 (27.7) |