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Patients were categorized into either the culture-positive group (82 cases) or the culture-negative group (69 cases) according to blood culture results.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>No significant differences in age and gender were found between the culture-positive and culture-negative groups. The primary bacterial pathogens of bacteremia in the elderly were <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Streptococcus<\/jats:italic>. Elderly female patients demonstrated a significantly higher culture positivity rate for <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> compared to their male counterparts (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.021). The areas under the ROC curve (AUC) for the four parameters were as follows: WBC, 0.851 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.790 - 0.912); NLR, 0.919 (95% CI 0.875 - 0.963); PLR, 0.609 (95% CI 0.518 - 0.700); and RDW was 0.626 (95% CI 0.563 - 0.717).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> was identified as the predominant pathogenic microorganism causing bacteremia in the elderly, with a significantly higher culture positivity rate among female patients. 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