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Table 3 Comparison of patient in Derivation and Validation phase

From: Development and validation of a scoring system for predicting cancer patients at risk of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections

Total, No. (%)

Derivation

Validation

Cases

(ESBL-PE)

n = 265 (37)

Controls

(non-ESBL-PE)

n = 445 (63)

p

ESBL-PE

n = 188 (19)

non-ESBL-PE

n = 797 (81)

p

Age, median (IQR), years

56 (39–67)

60 (47–70)

0.009

55 (38–67)

59 (45–70)

0.009

Men

148 (56)

286 (64)

0.026

80 (43)

309 (39)

0.340

Emergency room at index culture

231 (87)

425 (96)

0.000

93 (59)

405 (51)

0.850

Prolonged hospitalization (≥7 days)

119 (45)

141 (32)

0.000

72 (38)

244 (30)

0.042

Hospitalization during previous year

223 (84)

264 (59)

0,000

129 (69)

542 (68)

0.871

Immunosuppressive therapya

27 (10)

19 (4)

0.002

4 (2)

10 (1)

0.363

Chemotherapya

89 (34)

183 (41)

0.046

79 (42)

330 (41)

0.877

Invasive device at the time of cultureb

146 (55)

177 (40)

0.000

98 (52)

348 (43)

0.036

Neoplasia in remission

20 (8)

17 (4)

0.031

11 (6)

30 (4)

0.197

Neutropenia

59 (22)

68 (15)

0.019

28 (15)

97 (12)

0.313

Beta-lactam use

80 (31)

82 (18)

0,000

49 (26)

99 (12)

0.000

Isolate source

 Blood

63 (23)

86 (19)

0.384

30 (16)

154 (19)

0.651

 Urinary tract

142 (54)

272 (61)

123 (65)

485 (61)

 Surgical wound

47 (18)

68 (15)

11 (6)

62 (8)

 Skin and soft tissues

3 (1)

4 (1)

17 (9)

62 (8)

 Lower respiratory tract

10 (4)

15 (3)

7 (4)

34 (4)

Isolated microorganism

E. coli.

166 (63)

299 (67)

0.000

134 (71)

505 (63)

0.002

Klebsiella spp.

92 (35)

80 (18)

33 (18)

148 (19)

Proteus spp.

3 (1)

55 (12)

5 (3)

94 (12)

 Others

4 (2)

11 (2)

16 (9)

50 (6)

  1. a during the previous 3 months, bcentral venous catheter, dialysis catheter, surgical drains, bladder catheter, nephrostomy, nasogastric tube