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. 2012 Jul 31;7(7):e42280. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042280

Table 2. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.

Characteristics Total n = 223 (%) Patients infected with MDR isolates n = 137 (%) Patients infected with XDR isolates n = 49 (%) Patients infected with PDR isolates n = 4 (%) Patients infected with other types of isolates n = 33 (%) P value
Gender 0.991
Male 164 (73.5) 101 (73.7) 35 (71.4) 4 (100) 24 (72.7)
Female 59 (26.5) 36 (26.3) 14 (28.6) 0 9 (27.3)
Age group, years 0.400
<18 7 (3.1) 6 (4.4) 0 0 1 (3.0)
18–64 64 (28.7) 39 (28.5) 11 (22.4) 2 (50.0) 12 (36.4)
>64 152 (68.2) 92 (67.2) 38 (77.6) 2 (50.0) 20 (60.6)
Residence situation 0.862
Beijing resident 68 (30.5) 40 (29.2) 17 (34.7) 0 11 (33.3)
Non-Beijing resident 155 (69.5) 97 (70.8) 32 (65.3) 4 (100.0) 22 (66.7)
Hospital location 0.199
Emergency room 9 (4.0) 7 (5.1) 2 (4.1) 0 0
Intensive care unit 75 (33.6) 51 (37.2) 17 (34.7) 0 7 (21.2)
Medical ward 97 (43.5) 59 (43.1) 18 (36.7) 2 (50.0) 18 (54.5)
Surgical ward 42 (18.8) 20 (14.6) 12 (24.5) 2 (50.0) 8 (24.2)
Sources of specimens 0.187
Sputum 168 (75.3) 108 (78.8) 34 (69.4) 3 (75.0) 23 (69.7)
Urine 14 (6.3) 7 (5.1) 7 (14.3) 0 0
Throat or nose swabs 21 (9.4) 11 (8.0) 2 (4.1) 0 8 (24.2)
Catheters 3 (1.3) 2 (1.5) 1 (2.0) 0 0
Blood 10 (4.5) 4 (2.9) 3 (6.1) 1(25.0) 2 (6.1)
Puncture fluid 1 (0.4) 1 (0.7) 0 0 0
Drainage fluid 1 (0.4) 1 (0.7) 0 0 0
Pleural effusion 2 (0.9) 1 (0.7) 1 (2.0) 0 0
Plus 1 (0.4) 1 (0.7) 0 0 0
Bile 2 (0.9) 1 (0.7) 1 (2.0) 0 0
ESBL <0.001
Positive 101 (45.3) 54 (39.4) 42 (85.7) 4(100.0) 1 (3.0)
Negative 122 (54.7) 83 (60.6) 7 (14.3) 0 32 (97.0)