Variables

SOT Recipients with No Nocardia Infection (n = 621,179; 99.88%)

SOT Recipients with Nocardia Infection (n = 734; 0.12%)

P-value

Age (mean, SD)

56.1 years ± 17.2

61.3 years ± 10.9

< 0.0001

Charlson Comorbidity Index (mean, SD)

3.7 ± 1.9

3.6 ± 1.7

0.4000

Female (N, %)

264,001 (42.5%)

225 (30.61%)

0.0046

Race (N, %)

0.2171

                White

371,465 (59.8%)

382 (52.1%)

                Black

119,888 (19.3%)

173 (23.6%)

                Hispanic

85,102 (13.7%)

142 (19.3%)

                Asian or Pacific Islander

21,120 (3.4%)

10 (1.4%)

                Native American

4,969 (0.8%)

10 (1.4%)

                Other

1863 (0.3%)

15 (2.1%)

Hospital Region (N, %)

0.1882

                Northeast

119,266 (19.2%)

125 (17%)

                Midwest

146,598 (23.6%)

130 (17.7%)

                South

232,321 (37.4%)

285 (38.8%)

                West

122,993 (19.8%)

195 (26.5%)

CMV Infection (N, %)

11,181 (1.8%)

55 (7.5%)

< 0.0001

In-hospital Death (N, %)

12,424 (2%)

25 (3.4%)

0.2329