Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the survivors and the non-survivors in children with Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection during January 2009 to June 2019

Boys, n (%)

89 (61.0)

69 (61.1)

20 (60.6)

0.96

Age, months, median (IQR)

2.7 (1.0, 10.9)

2.3 (0.8, 10.4)

4.0 (1.3, 14.7)

0.13

Age group

0.38

 ≤ 1 month, n (%)

38 (26.0)

32 (28.3)

6 (18.2)

 1–12 months, n (%)

74 (50.7)

57 (50.4)

17 (51.5)

 > 12 months, n (%)

34 (23.3)

24 (21.2)

10 (30.3)

 Weight-for-age z-score, median (IQR)

−0.7 (− 1.8, 0)

−0.7 (− 1.8, 0)

−0.5 (− 2.5, 0.4)

0.65

 Preterm birth, n (%)

48 (32.9)

33 (29.2)

15 (45.5)

0.08

 Cesarean delivery, n (%)

81 (55.5)

64 (56.6)

17 (51.5)

0.60

 Prior hospitalization within 6 months, n (%)

66 (45.2)

44 (38.9)

22 (66.7)

< 0.01

 Congenital gastrointestinal anomalies^a, n (%)

61 (41.8)

48 (42.5)

13 (39.4)

0.75

 Congenital heart disease, n (%)

55 (37.7)

44 (38.9)

11 (33.3)

0.56

 Malignancies, n (%)

11 (7.5)

6 (5.3)

5 (15.2)

0.13

Admission year

0.43

 2009–2012, n (%)

28 (19.2)

22 (19.5)

6 (18.2)

 2013–2016, n (%)

43 (29.5)

36 (31.9)

7 (21.2)

 2017–2019, n (%)

75 (51.4)

55 (48.7)

20 (60.6)

Admission ward

0.20

 Pediatric intensive care unit, n (%)

18 (12.3)

11 (9.7)

7 (21.2)

 Pediatric surgery intensive care unit, n (%)

49 (33.6)

38 (33.6)

11 (33.3)

 Neonatal intensive care unit, n (%)

36 (24.7)

27 (23.9)

9 (27.3)

 Others, n (%)

43 (29.5)

37 (32.7)

6 (18.2)