Table 1. Patients’ Baseline Characteristics a,b.
| Variables | Organisms | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli (N = 134) | K. pneumoniae (N = 116) | ||
| Gender | 0.53 | ||
| Male | 71 (53.0) | 66 (56.9) | |
| Female | 63 (47.0) | 50 (43.1) | |
| Age, y | 0.6 | ||
| ≤ 10 | 28 (20.9) | 23 (19.8) | |
| 11-20 | 33 (24.6) | 21 (18.1) | |
| 21-60 | 44 (32.8) | (37.1) | |
| >60 | 29 (21.6) | 29 (25.0) | |
| Admission wards | 0.6 | ||
| ICU | 20 (14.9) | 19 (16.4) | |
| Pediatric | 34 (25.4) | 21 (18.1) | |
| Internal medicine | 19 (14.2) | 16 (13.8) | |
| Surgery | 23 (17.2) | 17 (14.7) | |
| Infectious | 21 (15.7) | 21 (18.1) | |
| Gynecology | 17 (12.7) | 22 (19.0) | |
| Admission duration, d | 0.96 | ||
| ≤ 7 | 87 (64.9) | 75 (64.7) | |
| > 7 | 47 (35.1) | 41 (35.7) | |
| Diabetes | 0.8 | ||
| No | 114 (85.1) | 100 (86.2) | |
| Yes | 20 (14.9) | 16 (13.8) | |
| Renal failure | 0.18 | ||
| No | 127 (94.8) | 114 (98.3) | |
| Yes | 7 (5.2) | 2 (1.7) | |
| History of admission | 0.4 | ||
| No | 109 (81.3) | 99 (85.3) | |
| Yes | 25 (18.7) | 17 (14.7) | |
| History of antibiotic use | 0.76 | ||
| No | 88 (65.7) | 74 (63.8) | |
| Yes | 46 (34.3) | 42 (36.2) | |
| History of steroid use | 0.03 | ||
| No | 127 (94.8) | 101 (87.1) | |
| Yes | 7 (5.2) | 15 (12.9) | |
a Abbreviations: E. coli, Escherichia coli; K. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae; ICU, intensive care unit.
bAll the values are present as No. (%).