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Table 3 Causative agents of all nosocomial infection episodes caused by MDR bacteria in cancer patients

From: Nosocomial infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria in cancer patients: a six-year retrospective study of an oncology Center in Western China

Causative organisms

All

N = 257

Survivor

N = 229, n (%)

Non-survivor

N = 28, n (%)

P-value

MRSA

7 (2.7)

5 (2.2)

2 (7.1)

0.364

ESBL-PE

187 (72.8)

167 (72.9)

20 (71.4)

0.867

MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa

13 (5.1)

13 (5.7)

0

0.403

Acinetobacter baumannii

30 (11.7)

27 (11.8)

3 (10.7)

1.000

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

16 (6.2)

13 (5.7)

3 (10.7)

0.531

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

4 (1.6)

4 (1.7)

0

1.000

  1. Abbreviations: MDR multidrug-resistant, MRSA Oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ESBL-PE extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae