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Table 3 Infection characteristics

From: Predictors of hospital mortality among septic ICU patients with Acinetobacter spp.bacteremia: a cohort study

 

Died

%

Survived

%

P value

 

n = 65

49.62%

n = 66

50.38%

 

LOS prior to bacteremia, days

     

Mean [SD]

17.1 [23.2]

 

8.2 [9.9]

  

Median (IQR)

13 (1, 22)

 

2 (0, 14)

 

0.002

APACHE II

     

Mean [SD]

24.4 [7.9]

 

18.2 [6.4]

  

Median (IQR)

24 (19, 31)

 

18 (13, 22)

 

<0.001

Septic shock

49

75.38%

28

42.42%

<0.001

Mechanical ventilation

49

75.38%

35

53.03%

0.008

Polymicrobial

10

18.52%

15

31.91%

0.120

Infection sourcea

     

Lung

22

36.67%

19

30.16%

0.575

Urine

8

13.33%

23

36.51%

0.003

Abdomen

12

20.00%

5

7.94%

0.048

Line

5

8.33%

8

12.70%

0.308

Unknown

13

21.67%

8

12.70%

0.425

CRAc

45

69.23%

31

46.97%

0.010

Non-IAAT

54

83.08%

39

59.09%

0.002

LOS following bacteremia onset, days

     

Mean [SD]

13.0 [27.0]

 

19.9 [18.2]

  

Median (IQR)

4.5 (2, 16.5)

 

15 (6, 33)

 

<0.001

  1. LOS = length of stay; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range; CRAc = carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp.; IAAT = initially appropriate antibiotic therapy.
  2. aMultiple sources possible.