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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Apr 27;4(4):740–746. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.03.008

Table 3.

Predictors of Adverse Drug Reactions Among Patients Receiving Ceftaroline (n=96)

Patient Characteristics ADR (n=20) No ADR (n=76) P value*
Age, Med [IQR] 39 [32,65] 60 [42,71] 0.05
Female Sex, n (%) 12 (60) 40 (53) 0.62
White Race, n (%) 19 (95) 69 (91) 0.65
Comorbidities, n (%)
Atopy 2 (10) 10 (13) 1.00
Hypertension 7 (35) 43 (57) 0.13
Diabetes Mellitus 9 (45) 23 (30) 0.29
Coronary or peripheral vascular disease 3 (15) 24 (32) 0.17
Chronic Kidney Disease, 2 (10) 18 (24) 0.23
Hepatitis C Infection 0 (0) 11 (15) 0.11
HIV Infection 0 (0) 4 (5) 0.58
Intravenous Drug Use 5 (25) 12 (16) 0.34
Any drug allergy 12 (60) 51 (67) 0.60
Penicillin allergy 3 (15) 17 (23) 0.55
Cephalosporin allergy 2 (10) 11 (15) 1.00

Treatment Characteristics

Doses of ceftaroline, Med [IQR] 46 [21, 104] 21 [6, 59] 0.01
Off label indications, n (%) 15 (75) 42 (55) 0.13
*

Wilcoxan rank sum test for continuous variables and Fisher’s Exact for binary variables