Abbreviations: IQR: interquartile range; WBCs: white blood cells.
a Pathogenic organisms were defined a priori as
organisms that are not expected to be found in oropharyngeal flora,
according to our Microbiology Lab’s guidelines as previously
described.21
b Calculated using generalized linear mixed models.
c Acute respiratory infection defined as presence of
an International Classification of Diseases-Ninth or Tenth Revision
diagnosis code (consistent with previously described
codes21) during the encounter in which culture was
collected.
d Excludes 234 cultures for which no diagnosis data
was available.
e Primary care or other subspecialty clinic.
f Excludes 18 culture results without documentation of
WBC count.