Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011 Sep 26;18(9):887–893. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03658.x

Table 2.

Demographics and risk factors of KPC-producing K. pneumoniae cases.

Demographics/risk factors KPC group % Control group % Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval p-value
Apache II score 21 a (3–44) b 14 a (1–45) b 1.11 (1.05, 1.17) 0.0001
Male 8 40.00 92 52.27 0.61 (0.24, 1.56) 0.30
Age >60 12 60.00 95 54.29 1.26 (0.49, 3.24) 0.63
Immunocompromised 13 65.00 93 52.84 1.66 (0.63, 4.35) 0.30
Caucasian 4 21.05 96 67.61 0.13 (0.04, 0.41) 0.0005
Hispanic 3 15.79 13 9.15 1.86 (0.48, 7.24) 0.37
Admitted from nursing home 6 30.00 28 16.00 2.25 (0.80, 6.35) 0.13
Number of days hospitalized before infection 20 a (0–323) b 1 a (0–141) b 1.03 (1.01, 1.05) 0.0006
Any hospitalization in past year 16 80.00 141 80.11 0.99 (0.31, 3.16) 0.99
Any ICU admission in past year 9 45.00 54 30.68 1.85 (0.72, 4.72) 0.20
Any surgery in past year 13 65.00 64 36.36 3.25 (1.23, 8.56) 0.02
Dialysis in past year 1 5.00 8 4.55 1.11 (0.13, 9.32) 0.93
Outpatient intravenous therapy in past year 3 15.00 16 9.09 1.76 (0.47, 6.68) 0.40
Prior surgery within 30 days 3 15.00 26 14.77 1.02 (0.28, 3.72) 0.98
Antibiotics in 30 days prior to enrollment 17 85.00 40 22.73 19.3 (5.37, 69.07) <.0001
Carbapenem c 5 25.00 4 2.27 14.3 (3.48, 59.10) 0.0002
Ampicillin/sulbactam 2 10.00 11 6.25 1.67 (0.34, 8.12) 0.53
Fluoroquinolone d 2 10.00 13 7.39 1.39 (0.29, 6.67) 0.68
Cefepime 9 45.00 8 4.55 17.2 (5.54, 53.23) <.0001
Ceftriaxone 3 15.00 2 1.14 15.3 (2.40, 98.27) 0.004
Piperacillin/tazobactam 0 0.00 7 3.98 0.90 (0.00, 6.33) 0.93
Chronic renal failure 6 30.00 21 11.93 3.16 (1.10, 9.13) 0.03
Diabetes 6 30.00 41 23.30 1.41 (0.51, 3.91) 0.51
Chronic obstructive lung disease 4 20.00 29 16.48 1.27 (0.40, 4.07) 0.69
Cardiovascular disease 5 25.00 41 23.30 1.10 (0.38, 3.20) 0.86
Peripheral vascular disease 1 5.00 3 1.70 3.04 (0.30, 30.65) 0.35
Cerebrovascular disease 3 15.00 13 7.39 2.21 (0.57, 8.55) 0.25
Peptic ulcer disease 0 0.00 9 5.11 0.68 (0, 4.60) 0.74
liver disease 2 10.00 17 9.66 1.04 (0.22, 4.87) 0.96
Malignancy 8 40.00 41 23.30 2.20 (0.84, 5.74) 0.11
Solid organ malignancy 7 35.00 36 20.45 2.09 (0.78, 5.63) 0.14
Transplant 1 5.00 17 9.66 0.49 (0.06, 3.91) 0.50
Tracheostomy tube at enrollment 8 40.00 17 9.66 6.24 (2.24, 17.38) 0.0005
Gastrostomy tube at enrollment 9 45.00 7 3.98 19.8 (6.19, 63.06) <.0001
Indwelling urinary catheter at enrollment 5 25.00 25 14.20 2.01 (0.67, 6.03) 0.21
Vascular catheter at enrollment 15 75.00 101 57.39 2.23 (0.78, 6.40) 0.14
a

Median.

b

Range.

c

Ertapenem, imipenem, meropenem.

d

Ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin.