TABLE 3.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with K. pneumoniae bacteremia
| Characteristic | No. (%) of patients |
P value (hvKP vs cKP) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 70) | With hvKP infection (n = 22) | With cKP infection (n = 48) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 50 (71.4) | 20 (90.9) | 30 (62.5) | 0.021a |
| Female | 20 (28.6) | 2 (9.1) | 18 (37.5) | 0.021a |
| Age | ||||
| >60 yrs | 38 (54.2) | 9 (40.9) | 29 (60.4) | 0.196 |
| Acquired infection model | ||||
| Community-acquired infection | 38 (54.2) | 21 (95.5) | 17 (35.4) | <0.001a |
| Hospital-acquired infection | 32 (45.7) | 1 (4.5) | 31 (64.6) | <0.001a |
| Underlying diseases | ||||
| None | 11 (15.7) | 9 (40.9) | 2 (4.17) | <0.001a |
| Diabetes mellitus | 16 (22.9) | 6 (27.3) | 10 (20.8) | 0.760 |
| Biliary tract diseases | 9 (12.9) | 3 (13.6) | 6 (12.5) | 1.000 |
| Heart disease | 4 (5.7) | 0 (0) | 4 (8.3) | 0.301 |
| Central nervous system diseases | 5 (7.1) | 0 (0) | 5 (10.4) | 0.173 |
| Alcoholic cirrhosis | 3 (4.3) | 1 (4.5) | 2 (4.17) | 1.000 |
| Hematologic diseases | 3 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (6.3) | 0.547 |
| Pulmonary infection | 5 (5.7) | 1 (4.5) | 4 (8.3) | 1.000 |
| Cancer | 14 (20) | 1 (4.5) | 13 (27.1) | 0.050a |
| Other | 9 (12.9) | 1 (4.5) | 8 (16.7) | 0.255 |
| Use of invasive devices | 36 (51.4) | 5 (22.7) | 31 (64.6) | 0.001a |
| Metastatic spread | 2 (2.9) | 2 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 0.096 |
| Outcome | ||||
| Discharged | 53 (75.7) | 16 (72.7) | 37 (77.1) | 0.767 |
| Died | 9 (14.5) | 1 (4.5) | 8 (16.7) | 0.255 |
| Lost to follow up | 8 (11.4) | 5 (22.7) | 3 (4.9) | 0.098 |
a
A P value of ≤0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.