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Table 2 Patient laboratory parameters and hospital characteristics

From: Characteristics of invasive Acinetobacter species isolates recovered in a pediatric academic center

 

All isolates Percent/Median (Range)

A. baumannii

A. pittii

Laboratory Data

 

 White blood cell (k/mm3)

7.7 (1.6–14.3)

7.7 (1.2–11.0)

6.8 (1.5–20.9)

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

9.2 (7.8–9.9)

9.0 (7.6–9.3)

8.8 (7.8–11.1)

 Neutrophils

60.0 % (44.0–76.0)

62.0 % (26.8–76.3)

57.0 % (49.5–69.5)

 Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.45 (0.32–0.65)

0.44 (0.37–0.65)

0.35 (0.24–0.65)

 ALT (IU/L)

37.5 (18.0–143.3)

13.0 (8.0–18.0)

135.0 (37.5–157.5)

 AST (IU/L)

45.5 (38.5–93.5)

39.0 (37.0–41.0)

71.0 (45.0–177.0)

Hospital Visit

 

 Length of stay (days)

 Location of positive culture

10.5 (3.3–67.5)

3.5 (1.5–16.3)

13.5 (5.0–82.5)

  Intensive care unit (ICU)

33.3 %

25.0 %

45.5 %

  Hematology / Oncology unit

33.3 %

37.5 %

36.4 %

  Emergency / Outpatient

33.3 %

37.5 %

18.1 %

 Oxygen use

33.3 %

0 %

54.5 %

 Ventilator use

37.5 %

18.2 %

45.5 %

 Mortality

8.3 %

0 %

18.2 %

 Antibiotic duration (days)

14.0 (9.3–14.0)

14.0 (10.0–19.0)

14.0 (6.0–14.0)

 Follow up culture negativea

79.9 %

87.5 %

81.8 %

  1. aResults of the next bacterial culture within 48 h of antibiotic initiation