Table 2 Summary of findings
Characteristics | Frequencies |
|---|---|
Outcome | % (n) |
 Infection/colonisation | 38 (55) |
 Death | 46 (66) |
 Both | 16 (23) |
Country/setting | % (n) |
 USA | 28 (40) |
 China | 10 (15) |
 Italy | 8 (11) |
 Spain | 7 (10) |
 Germany | 6 (9) |
 South Korea | 6 (9) |
Microbial aetiology | % (n) |
 Several bacteria and / or fungi | 27 (39) |
 C. difficile | 19 (27) |
 Enterobacteriaceae | 8 (12) |
 Vancomycin-resistant enterococci | 8 (11) |
 Carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae | 5 (7) |
Patients (median) | 200 (IQR 102–338) |
Events (median) | 46 (IQR 25–84) |
Events per variable (median) | 7 (IQR 4–13) |
Variables screened (median) | 16 (IQR 9–27) |
Variables in the final model (median) | 7 (IQR 4–10) |
Stepwise regression | % (n) |
| Â | 72 (103) |
Total | 144 |