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. 2023 Mar 30;8(4):205. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040205

Table 3.

Characteristics of ICU patients with multi-resistant P. aeruginosa infection for the period 2019–2021.

Characteristic Total
n (%)
(Total = 255)
Years p-Value
2019
n (%) (Total = 114)
2020
n (%) (Total = 78)
2021
n (%)
(Total = 63)
Gender
Male 157 (61.6) 66 (57.9) 52 (66.7) 39 (61.9) 0.470
Female 98 (38.4) 48 (42.1) 26 (33.3) 24 (38.1)
Age
Adult (19–44 years) 54 (21.2) 33 (28.9) 11 (14.1) 10 (15.9) 0.256
Adult (45–64 years) 72 (28.2) 29 (25.4) 24 (30.8) 19 (30.2)
Adult (65–84 years) 113 (44.3) 46 (40.4) 38 (48.7) 29 (46)
Adult (⇒85 years) 16 (6.3) 6 (5.3) 5 (6.4) 5 (7.9)
Source of specimen
Miscellaneous 31 (12.2) 12 (10.5) 14 (17.9) 5 (7.9) 0.003 **
Blood 26 (10.2) 12 (10.5) 3 (3.8) 11 (17.5)
Respiratory 178 (69.8) 75 (65.8) 56 (71.8) 47 (74.6)
Urine 20 (7.8) 15 (13.2) 5 (6.4) 0 (0)
Clinical presentation/infection
Fever 34 (13.4) 18 (15.8) 12 (15.4) 4 (6.3) 0.182
Sepsis 25 (9.8) 9 (7.9) 7 (9) 9 (14.3) 0.375
Septic shock 40 (15.7) 22 (19.3) 5 (6.4) 13 (20.6) 0.025 *
Respiratory 195 (76.5) 102 (89.5) 63 (80.8) 30 (47.6) <0.001 **
GIT 8 (3.1) 5 (4.4) 2 (2.6) 1 (1.6) 0.558
UTI 32 (12.5) 16 (14) 12 (15.4) 4 (6.3) 0.222
WI 46 (18) 24 (21.1) 12 (15.4) 10 (15.9) 0.529
Pneumonia 117 (45.9) 27 (23.7) 38 (48.7) 52 (82.5) <0.001 **
Underlying disease
Kidney disease 90 (35.3) 42 (36.8) 28 (35.9) 20 (31.7) 0.787
Heart disease 101 (39.6) 44 (38.6) 35 (44.9) 22 (34.9) 0.465
Liver disease 32 (12.5) 26 (22.8) 4 (5.1) 2 (3.2) <0.001 **
Brain disorder 68 (26.7) 34 (29.8) 24 (30.8) 10 (15.9) 0.082
Cancer 33 (12.9) 23 (20.2) 4 (5.1) 6 (9.5) 0.006 **
DM 136 (53.3) 56 (49.1) 44 (56.4) 36 (57.1) 0.478
Asthma 8 (3.1) 4 (3.5) 2 (2.6) 2 (3.2) 0.934
HTN 152 (59.6) 55 (48.2) 54 (69.2) 43 (68.3) 0.004 **
Risk factors
Mechanical ventilation 93 (36.5) 23 (20.2) 24 (30.8) 46 (73) <0.001 **
COVID-19 37 (14.5) 0 (0) 14 (17.9) 23 (36.5) <0.001 **
Outcome
Died 142 (55.7) 71 (62.3) 35 (44.9) 36 (57.1) 0.002 **
Treated 82 (32.2) 35 (30.7) 24 (30.8) 23 (36.5)
Transferred 31 (12.2) 8 (7) 19 (24.4) 4 (6.3)

* Statistically significant; the number of * represents the degree of significance. GIT, gastrointestinal tract; UTI, urinary tract infection; WI, wound infection; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.