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. 2023 Aug 26;78(1):31–39. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad507

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Comorbid Conditions in Patients With Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections

Characteristic or Condition Patients, No. (%)a
Total Cohort (N = 562) Prospective Cohort (n = 108) Retrospective Cohort (n = 454)
Male sex 335 (59.6) 68 (63) 267 (58.8)
Age, mean (SD), y 62.1 (16.8) 62.9 (19.7) 61.9 (16.0)
BMI, mean (SD)b 26.9 (7.3) 26.7 (7.2) 26.9 (7.3)
Polymicrobial bacteremiac 140 (24.9) 29 (26.9) 111 (24.4)
Immunosuppressed 284 (50.5) 51 (47.2) 233 (51.3)
CCI, mean (SD) 5.37 (2.9) 5.21 (3.15) 5.41 (2.9)
Comorbid conditionsd
 Cancer 178 (31.7) 32 (29.6) 146 (32.2)
 Diabetes 182 (32.4) 32 (29.6) 150 (33.0)
 Coronary artery disease 109 (19.4) 24 (22.2) 85 (18.7)
 COPD or asthma 90 (16.0) 17 (15.7) 73 (16.1)
 Liver disease 94 (16.7) 16 (14.8) 78 (17.2)
 Chronic kidney disease 145 (25.8) 31 (28.7) 114 (25.1)
ICU admission 207 (36.8) 39 (36.1) 168 (37.0)
Hospital death 81 (14.4) 11 (10.2) 70 (15.4)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease; ICU, intensive care unit, SD, standard deviation.

aData represent no. (%) of patients unless otherwise specified.

bBMI calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.

cSee Supplementary Figure 1 for further details.

dThe 6 most common comorbid conditions are listed.