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Table 3 Outcomes in patients with and without wound infection

From: Infection with high proportion of multidrug-resistant bacteria in conflict-related injuries is associated with poor outcomes and excess resource consumption: a cohort study of Syrian patients treated in Jordan

Outcome

With infection (n = 49)

Without infection (n = 408)

p

Amputation, n (%)

11

(22)

37

(9)

.007a

Death, n (%)

2

(4)

35

(9)

.407a

Amputation or death, n (%)

11

(22)

66

(16)

.311a

Days in hospital, mean (SD)

77

(50)

35

(39)

< .0001b

Number of surgical procedures, mean (SD)

12

(9)

5

(5)

< .0001b

Major surgical procedures, mean (SD)

11

(7)

4

(4)

< .0001b

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. a Chi2-test
  3. b t-test
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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