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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drugs. 2017 Aug;77(12):1345–1351. doi: 10.1007/s40265-017-0785-2

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for patients who received ceftaroline

Variable All
(n=764)
Skin
(n=307)
Sepsis
(n=233)
Osteo
(n=193)
Diab foot
(n=170)
Pneumonia
(n=124)
Bact
(n=87)
Endo
(n=46)
Mening
(n=18)
Device
(n=15)
Age (years), median (IQR) 61
(54–67)
60
(54–66)
61
(55–69)
60
(54–66)
61
(56–66)
62
(56–70)
60
(54–67)
63
(58–73)
61
(58–74)
63
(54–71)
Male, % 97% 96% 97% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 94% 100%
Married, % 41% 39% 40% 43% 39% 44% 33% 48% 22% 33%
Charlson Score, median (IQR) 6 (3–8) 6 (3–7) 6 (4–8) 6 (4–8) 6 (4–8) 6 (3–9) 6 (4–9) 5(4–7) 5 (3–8) 8 (5–9)
Selected Comorbidities, %
 Congestive heart failure 25% 26% 29% 22% 26% 28% 30% 43% 22% 40%
 COPD 33% 32% 34% 27% 32% 53% 29% 33% 22% 27%
 Cerebrovascular disease 14% 11% 17% 14% 11% 17% 18% 22% 6% 20%
 Dementia 1% <1% 2% 1% 0% 2% 5% 4% 0% 7%
 Diabetes (complications) 32% 35% 31% 46% 59% 19% 36% 13% 39% 47%
 Diabetes (no complications) 56% 63% 55% 72% 99% 41% 61% 41% 61% 53%
 Hemi/paraplegia 4% 1% 5% 4% 1% 6% 7% 4% 17% 13%
 HIV 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 3% 2% 0% 0%
 AIDS 3% 5% 3% 2% 1% 4% 6% 2% 6% 0%
 Liver (mild) 2% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 6% 0% 0% 7%
 Liver (mod/severe; cirrhosis) 6% 9% 8% 4% 9% 4% 9% 4% 0% 13%
 Cancer 19% 13% 21% 17% 14% 26% 17% 20% 22% 33%
 Leukemia 3% 3% 6% 2% 1% 7% 2% 2% 0% 0%
 Metastatic cancer 4% 2% 4% 3% 1% 8% 3% 0% 0% 7%
 Myocardial infarction 9% 7% 12% 9% 8% 10% 14% 17% 17% 27%
 Peripheral vascular disease 24% 24% 20% 31% 31% 22% 14% 22% 6% 40%
 Renal disease 32% 28% 37% 32% 35% 31% 40% 33% 22% 47%
 Dyslipidemia 65% 64% 61% 63% 78% 60% 51% 70% 33% 80%
 Hypertension 81% 80% 81% 87% 92% 76% 84% 80% 83% 93%
 Hemodialysis 2% 0% 4% 2% 0% 2% 6% 4% 0% 20%
 Hospitalization (past 90d), % 40% 36% 41% 47% 37% 41% 49% 43% 44% 53%
 Antibiotics (past 90d), % 87% 88% 90% 89% 88% 88% 91% 83% 78% 93%
 ICU, % 19% 8% 30% 12% 6% 37% 21% 26% 22% 27%
 Weight (lb.), median (IQR) 201
(167–245)
215
(179–261)
195
(164–242)
202
(166–244)
224
(187–277)
179
(151–219)
195
(166–234)
179
(158–212)
210
(184–237)
202
(176–249)

Osteo: osteomyelitis; Diab foot: diabetic foot infections; Bact: bacteremia; Endo: endocarditis; Mening: meningitis; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; ICU: intensive care unit