Underlying conditions, severity of illness and mortality in 418 patients with <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> bacteraemia stratified according to the cf-DNA cut-off value at day 3 for ICU (1.99 µg/ml) and non-ICU (1.57 µg/ml) patients.

1N = 86, 2N = 332, 3N = 185, 4N = 233. AAccording to McCabe and Jackson [33]. BChronically elevated creatinine (>180 µmol/l). CIncludes rheumatoid arthritis. DUnconsciousness or somnolent. ESerum Alanine-aminotransferase elevation >2 times general reference. FInfection foci during 90 days follow-up. Values are expressed as N (%). OR = odds ratio (95% confidence intervals) NS = non-significant.