TABLE 3.
Source of nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by ESBL-producing Escherichia coli compared with that in control patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to non-ESBL-producing E. coli
| Source | No. (%) of patients |
OR (95% CI) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (n = 96) | Control group B (n = 186) | |||
| Urinary tract infection | 34 (35) | 63 (34) | 1.0 (0.6-1.8) | 0.7 |
| Intra-abdominal infectiona | 24 (25) | 45 (24) | 1.0 (0.7-1.9) | 0.8 |
| Respiratory tract infectionb | 6 (6) | 7 (4) | 1.7 (0.4-1.8) | 0.3 |
| Vascular catheter infection | 8 (8) | 7 (4) | 1.6 (0.9-2.6) | 0.1 |
| Other | 5 (5) | 9 (5) | 1.0 (0.3-3.6) | 0.8 |
| Unknown | 19 (20) | 55 (30) | 0.6 (0.3-1.1) | 0.07 |
a
Biliary tract infection in 12 case patients and 28 control patients.
b
Pneumonia in four case patients and five control patients.