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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with community-onset Escherichia coli bacteremia

From: Prevalence of and risk factor for community-onset third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia at a medical center in Taiwan

Characteristic

Overall (n = 676)

3GC-susceptible (n = 543)

3GC-resistant (n = 133)

Age, years, mean ± SD

67.1 ± 15.5

66.8 ± 15.5

68.0 ± 15.2

Sex, femalea

419 (62.0)

347 (63.9)

72 (54.1)

Hospitalization within the past 1 yeara

305 (45.1)

215 (39.6)

90 (67.7)

Exposure to antibiotics within the past 15 daysa

55 (8.2)

32 (5.9)

23 (17.3)

Medical facility utilizationa:

 OPD for hypertension/ diabetes mellitus

473 (70.0)

373 (68.7)

100 (75.2)

 OPD for chemotherapy

95 (14.0)

65 (12.0)

30 (22.6)

 Hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis

24 (3.6)

14 (2.6)

10 (7.5)

 Nursing home/Long-term care facility

12 (1.8)

6 (1.1)

6 (4.5)

Charlson comorbidity index, median (range)

2 (0–13)

2 (0–11)

3 (0–13)

Indwelling mucosal cathetera

129 (19.1)

84 (15.5)

45 (33.8)

Indwelling intravenous cathetera

100 (14.8)

64 (11.8)

36 (27.1)

Primary focusa:

 Primary bacteremia

75 (11.1)

54 (9.9)

21 (15.8)

 Urinary tract

335 (49.6)

282 (51.9)

53 (39.9)

 Intra-abdomen

182 (26.9)

143 (26.3)

39 (29.3)

 Pulmonary

7 (1.0)

2 (0.4)

5 (3.8)

 Others

23 (3.3)

17 (3.1)

5 (3.8)

 Unknown

55 (8.1)

45 (8.3)

10 (7.5)

Neutropeniaa

25 (3.7)

18 (3.3)

7 (5.3)

Hospital days, median (range)

15 (0–159)

14 (0–157)

18 (0–159)

  1. a Data are presented as no. (%) of patients
  2. Abbreviation: 3GC third-generation cephalosporin, OPD outpatient department