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Tuesday Poster Session
Category: Colon
Soonwook Hong, MD
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, United States
Conventional n=509 (%) | GI PCR n=509 (%) | p-value | |
Positive test | 49 (10%) | 208 (41%) | < 0.01 |
Age (years) | 37.6 (25.5) | 40.0 (26.5) | 0.53 |
Sex (female) | 289 (57%) | 289 (57%) | 1.00 |
Race | |||
African American | 29 (6%) | 35 (7%) | < 0.01 |
Other | 108 (24%) | 222 (44%) | |
Caucasian | 315 (70%) | 252 (50%) | |
Risk Factors | |||
Travel | 70 (14%) | 78 (15%) | 0.48 |
HIV-positive | 15 (3%) | 24 (5%) | 0.14 |
MSM | 28 (6%) | 42 (8%) | 0.08 |
Symptoms | |||
Rectal bleeding | 51 (10%) | 97 (19%) | < 0.01 |
Abdominal pain | 212 (41%) | 216 (42%) | 0.80 |
Fever | 23 (5%) | 45 (9%) | < 0.01 |
Vomiting | 32 (6%) | 45 (9%) | 0.12 |
Healthcare utilization | |||
Antimicrobials | 135 (27%) | 147 (29%) | 0.40 |
Radiology | 66 (13%) | 56 (11%) | 0.33 |
Endoscopy | 60 (11%) | 63 (12%) | 0.77 |
Characteristics of antibiotics | |||
Targeted | 31 (23%) | 66 (46%) | < 0.01 |
Empiric | 103 (77%) | 81 (54%) | |
Narrowed | 4 / 103 (4%) | 12 / 81 (13%) | < 0.01 |
Discontinued | 0 / 103 | 3 / 81 (4%) | |
Duration (days) | 7.0 (3.0) | 7.0 (11.0) | 0.56 |
Adverse Outcomes | |||
ER visits | 6 (1%) | 11 (2%) | 0.22 |
Hospitalizations | 6 (1%) | 4 (1%) | 0.52 |
Abdominal surgery | 1 (< 1%) | 1 (< 1%) | 1.00 |