TABLE 1.

Patient demographics

Variable (na = 662)	Mean	SD
% Male	63.1	0.48
Age (% of patients)
<1 yr	27.4	0.45
≥1 to <12 yr	3.80	0.19
≥12 yr	68.8	0.46
Race (% of patients)
White	54.5	0.50
Black	37.6	0.48
Hispanic	5.0	0.22
Asian	1.1	0.10
Other	1.5	0.12
Type of pathogen resistance (% of patients)
Resistant	29.2	0.45
MDR	15.5	0.36
Site of infection (% of patients)
BSI	31.7	0.47
Pneumonia	34.0	0.47
SSI	26.9	0.44
Other	7.4	0.26
LOS (days)
Overall	43.2	40
ICU	37.1b	36
Total (range) costc ($)	151,512 (152-1,056,054)	144,944

^an = 662 (for gender, n = 661; for age, n = 605; for ICU stay, n = 498).

^bMedian, 26.1 days.

^cThe total cost is adjusted to 2008 constant dollars.