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Table 4 Mortality and re-admission

From: Evaluation of Ertapenem use with Impact Assessment on Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL) Production and Gram-Negative resistance in Singapore General Hospital (SGH)

Discharge status

Frequency (%)

  Death

97 (10.7)

  Home

724 (79.9)

  Nursing home

72 (7.9)

Hospital readmission (within 30-day of discharge)

185 (20.4)

  Re-infection with the same causative microorganism (in relation to hospital re-admission)

44 (5.5)