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Table 2 Clinical characteristic of KPC-K.pneumoniae BSI

From: Reduced mortality from KPC-K.pneumoniae bloodstream infection in high-risk patients with hematological malignancies colonized by KPC-K.pneumoniae

Ā 

Period 1: March 2012ā€“Dec 2013

N 18

Period 2: Jan 2017ā€“Oct 2018

N 16

p-value (absolute difference; 95% CI)

KPC-K.pneumoniae BSI onset

Ā -Shock

10 (56%)

7 (44%)

0.73 (0.12; Ā -0.21 to 0.45)

Ā -Neutropenia

ā€‰Ā Ā  Ā Ā Ā <ā€‰1000 neutrophils/cmm

18 (100%)

16 (100%)

Ā 

ā€‰Ā Ā  Ā Ā Ā <ā€‰100 neutrophils/cmm

14 (78%)

15 (94%)

0.40 (-0.16;Ā -0.38 to 0.06)

Ā -BSI developing under inactive antibiotic treatment

11 (61%)

0

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (0.61; 0.38 to 0.83)

Initial active treatment

10 (56%)

16 (100%)

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (-0.44; -0.67 to -0.21)

Ā -Combination

7 (39%)

15 (94%)

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (-0.54; -0.80 to -0.29)

Ā Ā  Ā  Ā with colistin

7 (39%)

4 (25%)

0.31 (0.13; -0.17 to 0.44)

Ā Ā  Ā  Ā with ceftazidime-avibactam

0

11 (69%)

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (-0.68; -0.91 to -0.46)

Ā -Monotherapy

3 (17%)

1 (6%)

0.34 (0.11;Ā -0.10 to 0.31)

Ā  Ā  Ā Tigecyclina

3 (17%)

0

0.13 (0.17; -0.005 to 0.33)

Ā  Ā  Ā Ceftazidime/avibactam

0

1 (6%)

0.47;(-0.06; -0.18 to 0.05)

Fatal KPC-K.pneumoniae BSI

9 (50%)

1(6%)

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (0.44; 0.17 to 0.69)

Ā -Death within 96Ā h

4 (22%)

0

0.06 (0.22; 0.03 to 0.41)

Ā -Shock

7 (39%)

0

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (0.39; 0.16 to 0.61)

Ā -BSI developing during inactive antibiotic treatment

8 (44%)

0

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (0.44; 0.21 to 0.67)

Ā -Inactive initial treatment

7 (39%)

0

<ā€‰0.01 (0.39; 0.16 to 0.61)

Ā -Acute myeloid leukemia

7 (39%)

1 (6%)

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01 (0.33; 0.07 to 0.58)

  1. aCombined with piperacillin/tazobactam as empiric treatment of febrile neutropenia [14]