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Table, Supplemental Digital Content 2. Patient characteristics on admission, and at recovery
SEPTIC ARTHRITIS (N 134)
OSTEOMYELITIS (N106)
OM+SA 1 (N 25)
S. aureus
Other bacteria
S. aureus
Other bacteria
S. aureus
Other bacteria
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81
53
99
7
19
6
Gender, Males/Females
49/32
30/23
65/34
6/1
5/14
6/-
Age in years, median (±IQR2)
10 (6-12)
2 (1-5)
10 (7-12)
10 (3-14)
6 (3-10)
4 (4-13)
First symptoms, days, median (±IQR)
3 (1-4)
2 (1-4)
4 (2-6)
2 (2-3)
3 (2-5)
2 (2-3)
81
-
23
16
11
33
99
-
1
5
1
-
19
-
2
4
-
20
34
27
21
30
2
22
30
47
1
2
4
11
5
3
5
1
-
Initial value, mean (±SEM5)
C-reactive protein, CRP, mg/L
81 (5)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ESR, mm/H 50 (3)
94 (8)
64 (6)
80 (6)
45 (2)
120 (35)
25 (4)
87 (15)
60 (6)
157 (24)
78 (26)
Duration of antimicrobial therapy
Intravenous, median, days (±IQR)
Total, median, days (±IQR)
4 (3-5)
26 (10-30)
3 (3-3)
26 (12-30)
3 (3-4)
21 (20-30)
4 (3-4)
20 (18-23)
6 (5-9)
25 (20-31)
7 (5-9)
21 (10-65)
CRP normalization, days (±SEM)
ESR normalization, days (±SEM)
Hospital stay, days (±SEM)
10 (1)
24 (3)
11 (1)
11 (1)
27 (4)
13 (1)
8 (1)
18 (1)
10 (0.5)
11 (3)
27 (4)
11 (2)
15 (3)
34 (9)
13 (2)
20 (5)
49 (2)
11 (3)
Causative agent
Staphylococcus aureus
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Streptococcus pyogenes
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Other
Agent cultured from
Bone/joint and blood
Bone/joint only
Blood only4
-
Long-term sequelae
1
0
1
0
0
1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Osteomyelitis with adjacent septic arthritis
2 Interquartile range
3 Meningococcus B, Meningococcus W 135, Streptococcus G
4 With indisputable signs and symptoms of acute septic osteoarticular infection
5 Standard error of mean