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. 2013 Oct 24;13:500. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-500

Table 4.

The pathogen related mortality and the ratio of inadequate antibiotics

 
Mortality
Initial inappropriate antibiotic use
Association of mortality and initial inappropriate antibiotic use
  N (%) N (%) ( P value)
Gram(+) bacteria
 
 
 
Staphylococcus aureus
21/38 (55.3%)
25/38 (65.8%)
0.011
  MSSA
1/7 (14.3%)
0/7 (0.0%)
-
  MRSA
20/31 (64.5%)
25/31 (80.6%)
0.151
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
3/5 (60.0%)
3/5 (60.0%)
1.000
Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (Non Group A or B)
0/1 (0.0%)
0/1 (0.0%)
-
Streptococcus pneumoniae
2/2 (100.0%)
0/2 (0.0%)
-
Viridans Streptococcus
2/3 (66.7%)
0/3 (0.0%)
-
Enterococcus faecalis
5/10 (50.0%)
9/10 (90.0%)
1.000
Corynebacterium spp.
0/7 (0.0%)
3/7 (42.9%)
-
Enterobacteriaceae
 
 
 
Escherichia coli
16/42 (38.1%)
21/42 (50.0%)
0.340
Klebsiella pneumoniae
21/34 (61.8%)
23/34 (67.6%)
1.000
Proteus mirabilis
4/10 (40.0%)
6/10 (60.0%)
1.000
Enterobacter cloacae
0/1 (0.0%)
1/1 (100.0%)
-
Enterobacter aerogenes
3/6 (50.0%)
4/6 (66.7%)
0.400
Serratia marcescens
2/4 (50.0%)
3/4 (75.0%)
1.000
Non-typhoidal Salmonella
1/4 (25.0%)
2/4 (50.0%)
1.000
Providencia rettgeri
1/3 (33.3%)
2/3 (66.7%)
0.333
Morganella morganii
0/3 (0.0%)
1/3 (33.3%)
-
Citrobacter spp.
1/1 (100.0%)
1/1 (100.0%)
-
Haemophilus influenzae
1/1 (100.0%)
1/1 (100.0%)
-
Glucose Non-fermenter
 
 
 
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
4/7 (57.1%)
5/7 (71.4%)
1.000
Burkholderia cepacia
8/23 (34.8%)
12/23 (52.2%)
0.193
Acinetobacter baumannii
6/8 (75.0%)
5/8 (62.5%)
1.000
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
1/1 (100.0%)
0/1 (0.0%)
-
Anaerobes
 
 
 
Peptostreptococcus spp.
0/2 (0.0%)
1/2 (50.0%)
-
Propionibacterium spp.
0/4 (0.0%)
2/4 (50.0%)
-
Candida spp 2/2 (100.0%) 1/2 (50.0%) -

MRSA Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.