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Table. 2 Univariate analysis of risk factors for all-cause 30-day mortality

From: Non-fermentative gram-negative bloodstream infection in northern Italy: a multicenter cohort study

 

TotalN = 355 (%)

SurvivorsN = 293 (%)

Non-survivorsN = 62 (%)

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Demographics

    

Age (years) (median, IQR)

67 (55–79)

67 (54–78)

73 (61–84)

0.016

Male sex

233 (65.6)

194 (66.2)

39 (62.9)

0.66

Comorbidities

    

Charlson index (median, IQR)

5.7 (3.6–7.4)

5.2 (3.5–7.1)

6.25 (4–9)

0.034

Immunosuppression

87 (24.5)

74 (25.3)

13 (21)

0.52

Ward of admission

   

0.22

Medical

210 (59.2)

176 (60.1)

34 (54.8)

 

ICU

80 (22.5)

61 (20.8)

19 (30.6)

 

Surgical

65 (18.3)

56 (19.1)

9 (14.5)

 

Site of BSI acquisition

   

0.078

Community acquired

71 (20.0)

65 (22.2)

6 (9.7)

 

Healthcare associated

35 (9.9)

27 (9.2)

8 (12.9)

 

Hospital acquired

249 (70.1)

201 (68.6)

48 (77.4)

 

CRE carrier at BSI onset

44 (12.1)

35 (11.9)

9 (14.5)

0.462

Clinical severity at BSI onset

    

SOFA (median, IQR)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

4 (3–6)

0.005

Septic shock

59 (16.6)

38 (13)

21 (33.9)

0.001

Source of BSI

    

Undefined

183 (51.5)

150 (51.2)

33 (53.2)

0.782

CVC related

102 (28.7)

86 (29.4)

16 (25.8)

0.645

Lower respiratory tract

49 (13.8)

39 (13.3)

10 (16.1)

0.686

Biliary tract

41 (11.5)

34 (11.6)

7 (11.3)

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Urinary tract

31 (8.7)

27 (9.2)

4 (6.5)

0.624

Intra-abdominal

18 (5.1)

16 (5.5)

2 (3.2)

0.551

Complicated BSI

38 (10.7)

27 (12.9)

11 (21.6)

0.125

Etiology

   

0.009

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

258 (72.7)

222 (75.8)

36 (58.1)

0.005

Acinetobacter baumannii

59 (16.6)

41 (14)

18 (29)

0.005

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

38 (10.7)

30 (10.2)

8 (12.9)

0.651

Resistance phenotypes*

   

0.005

MDR

34 (9.6)

22 (8.4)

12 (22.2)

 

XDR

58 (16.3)

46 (17.5)

12 (22.2)

 

Antibiotic class resistance*

    

ECR

95 (26.7)

77 (26.3)

18 (29)

0.752

BL/BLIR

78 (22)

55 (18.8)

23 (37.1)

0.002

CR

124 (34.9)

93 (31.7)

31 (50)

0.008

FQR

144 (40.6)

107 (36.5)

37 (59.7)

0.001

AminoglycosidesR

98 (27.6)

69 (26.4)

29 (51.8)

 < 0.001

TMP/SMXR

53 (14.9)

39 (21.9)

14 (29.2)

0.337

COLIR

5 (1.4)

5 (1.7)

0 (0)

0.592

New definition*

    

DTR

75 (21.1)

52 (17.7)

23 (37.1)

0.001

Therapeutic management

    

ID consultation

148 (41.7)

119 (40.6)

29 (46.8)

0.397

Source control

131 (36.9)

111 (37.9)

20 (32.3)

0.470

Appropriate empirical therapy

125 (35.2)

111 (38.4)

14 (23.7)

0.037

Combination empirical therapy

55 (15.5)

42 (18.9)

13 (29.5)

0.152

2 In vitro active combination empirical therapy

16 (4.5)

16 (12.8)

0

0.223

Appropriate definitive therapy

262 (73.8)

222 (76.8)

40 (67.8)

0.184

Combination definitive therapy

115 (32.4)

89 (32)

26 (47.3)

0.031

2 In vitro active combination definitive therapy (with drugs)

58 (16.3)

48 (20.7)

10 (23.8)

0.682

  1. BL/BLIR betalactam/betalactamase inhibitor resistance, BSI bloodstream infection, COLIR colistin resistance, CR carbapenem resistance, CRE carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, CVC central venous catheter, DTR difficult-to-treat resistance, ECR extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance, FQR fluoroquinolone resistance, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, ID Consultation Infectious Disease Consultation, MDR multidrug-resistance, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, TMP/SMXR trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance, XDR extensively drug-resistance
  2. *Resistance categories were mutually exclusive while antibiotic class resistances and new definition (DTR) were not