Table 2

Demographic and non-communicable disease associations for the major BSI pathogens isolated from Indigenous adults

 Staphylococcus aureusStreptococcus pneumoniaeKlebsiella pneumoniaeEscherichia coli
NNo (%)Yes (%)p Value*No (%)Yes (%)p Value*No (%)Yes (%)p Value*No (%)Yes (%)p Value*
Residence
 Urban8986.513.589.910.196.63.476.423.6
 Town camp13688.211.883.116.991.98.173.526.5
 Remote33380.519.50.0889.210.80.1594.65.40.3073.027.00.81
Diabetes
 No31086.513.683.916.193.96.174.125.8
 Yes24779.820.20.03592.77.30.00294.75.30.6672.927.10.73
CRF
 No52483.416.687.612.494.35.773.726.3
 Yes3482.417.70.8791.28.80.5494.15.90.9773.526.50.99
HD
 No47584.215.886.313.794.15.970.529.5
 Yes8378.321.70.1896.43.60.0195.24.80.7092.68.4<0.001
CLD
 No50582.417.687.712.393.96.173.526.5
 Yes5392.57.60.0688.711.30.8498.11.90.2075.624.50.75
Alcohol
 No34982.217.892.08.095.14.975.124.9
 Yes20584.915.10.4280.519.5<0.00193.16.80.3371.728.30.38
  • *Using chi-squared test of association.

  • Major BSI pathogens recorded during the final BSI admission.

  • Alcohol, harmful alcohol consumption; BSI, bloodstream infection; CRF, stage 3 or 4 chronic renal disease; HD, stage 5 renal disease; CLD, chronic liver disease.