Table 1 Characteristics of the patients with ESBL-E bacteremia
Demographics | |
|---|---|
Men | 270 (62.5) |
Age (mean, range) | 70.3, 0-96 y |
Age > 65 y | 280 (72.4) |
Place of acquisition | |
Community acquired | 110 (28.4) |
Health care associated bacteremia | 137 (35.4) |
Nosocomial | 140 (36.2) |
Origin of infection | |
Urinary | 215 (55.3) |
Biliary | 49 (12.7) |
Unknown | 37 (9.6) |
Intra-abdominal | 34 (8.8) |
Pneumonia | 28 (7.2) |
Catheter | 16 (4.1) |
Other | 8 (2.1) |
Comorbidity | |
Diabetes | 112 (28.9) |
Cancer | 111 (28.7) |
Ictus | 70 (18.1) |
Dementia | 66 (17.1) |
Immunosuppression | 65 (16.8) |
COPD | 65 (17.1) |
Chronic renal failure | 68 (17.6) |
Cardiac failure | 56 (14.5) |
Liver cirrhosis | 44 (11.4) |
Metastatic tumor | 33 (8.5) |
Charlson ≥3 | 209 (54) |