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Table 1 Characteristics of the infectious disease consultations (n = 508)

From: Infectious disease consultations in a Japanese tertiary care teaching hospital: a retrospective review of 508 cases

Variables

No. of patients

Age (years)

68 (55–79)

Gender

 Male

282 (55.5%)

 Female

226 (44.5%)

Consultation places

 General wards (1069 beds)

368 (72.4%)

 Intensive care unit (28 beds)

101 (19.9%)

 Outpatients/Emergency rooms

39 (7.7%)

Consult reasons

 Diagnosis

77 (15.2%)

 Treatment

393 (77.4%)

 Infection control

28 (5.5%)

 Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

10 (1.9%)

Specialty

Internal medicine

201 (39.6%)

 (Cardiology, Diabetes and endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Nephrology, Neurology, Respiratory, and Rheumatology)

Non- Internal medicine

307 (60.4%)

 (Cardiovascular surgery, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, ENT, Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic surgery, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Plastic surgery, Surgery, Thoracic surgery, and Urology)

Bacteremia

155/470 (33.0%)

30-day mortality

19/470 (3.8%)