Prevalence of and risk factor for community-onset third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia at a medical center in Taiwan

Table 2 Percentage of effective empirical antibiotics and the outcomes for patients with community-onset Escherichia coli bacteremia

	3GC-susceptible (n = 543)	3GC-resistant (n = 133)	P value
Effective empirical antibiotic treatment^a	503 (92.6)	61 (45.9)	< 0.001
Death within 48 hours^a	13 (2.4)	9 (6.8)	0.011
Persistent bacteremia^a	72 (13.3)	18 (13.5)	0.963
Death within 14 days^a	43 (7.9)	21 (15.8)	0.005
Length of hospital stay, median (range)^b	14 (3–157)	18 (6–159)	< 0.001^c

^aData are presented as no. (%) of patients
^bExcluding patients who died during hospitalization (only 396 patients in the 3GC-susceptible group and 100 in the 3GC-resistant group were analyzed)
^cUsing Mann–Whitney U test
Abbreviation: 3GC third-generation cephalosporin

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