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. 2017 Dec 21;12(12):e0189621. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189621

Table 3. Studies describing mortality rate associated with resistant and MDR ESKAPE bacteria.

Authors Hospital Wards Bacteria Mortality rate P-value References
Al Jarousha et al. (2009) Neonatal ICU MDR-A. baumannii (15/40) 37.5% 0.001 [54]
Susceptible A. baumannii (12/100) 12%
Anunnatsiri et al. (2011)
ICU MDR-A. baumannii (22/24) 91.7% 0.001 [41]
Susceptible A. baumannii (12/25) 48%
Amer et al. (2015) Emergency
ICU /Pediatric ICU
CR-MBLP-P. aeruginosa (14/32) 43,8% 0.2 [64]
CR-MBLN-P. aeruginosa (2/8) 25%
Furtado et al. (2009) ICU Imipenem-resistant P. aeruginosa (31/63) 49% 0.02 [31]
Imipenem-susceptible P. aeruginosa (61/182) 33%
Marra et al. (2006) ICU ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae (18/56) 32.14% 0.042 [46]
Non-ESBL K. pneumoniae (8/52) 15.38%
Moreira et al. (2008) ICU ORSA (11/29) 37.9% 0.41 [47]
OSSA (8/32) 25%
Serefhanoglu et al. (2009) ICU MDR-ESBL-producing-E. coli and K. pneumoniae (7/30) 23.3% 0.606 [32]
Non-MDR-ESBL-producing-E. coli and K. pneumoniae (12/64) 18.8%
Tuon et al. (2012) ICU Carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa (13/29) 54.2% 0.043 [22]
Carbapenem-susceptible P. aeruginosa (26/48) 44.8%
Chen et al. (2012) ICU MRSA (25/75) 33% 0.01 [48]
MSSA (8/43) 18.6%
Fu et al. (2015) ICU XDR A. baumannii (31/39) 79.5% 0.1 [49]
Non-XDR A. baumannii (38/86) 44.2%
Jia et al. (2015) ICU Linezolid non-susceptible Enterococci (3/44) 6.8% 0.521 [50]
Linezolid-susceptible Enterococci (2/44) 4.5%
Un-infected Control patients (3/176) 1.7%
Yao et al. (2015) ICU MRSA (12/57) 21% 0.002 [35]
MSSA (9/116) 8%
Gomez Rueda et al. (2014) ICU Carbapenem resistant K. pneumoniae (31/61) 50.8% 0.042 [36]
Carbapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae (20/61) 32.7%
Un-infected control patients (25/122) 20.4%
Kumar et al. (2014) ICU Carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (9/33) 27.3% 0.074 [37]
Carbapenem-susceptible A. baumannii (3/32) 9.4%
Nazer et al. (2015) ICU MDR-A. baumannii (118/161) 73.3% 0.015 [53]
Non-MDR-A. baumannii (142/232) 61.2%
Deris et al. (2011) ICU Imipenem-resistant -A. baumannii (6/15) 42.9% 0.201 [39]
Imipenem-susceptible A. baumannii (9/41) 24.3%
Inchai et al. (2015) ICU MDR-A. baumannii (10/72) 13.9% 0.001 [44]
XDR- A. baumannii (88/220) 40%
PDR-A. baumannii (7/12) 58.3%
Jamulitrat et al. (2009) ICU Imipenem-resistant-A. baumannii (35/67) 52.2% 0.001 [59]
Imipenem-susceptible A. baumannii (26/131) 19.9%%
Thatrimontrichai et al. (2016) ICU Carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (10/63) 15.9% 0.01 [19]
Carbapenem-susceptible A. baumannii (1/13) 7.7%
Un-infected control patients (0/25) 0%
Topeli et al. (2000) ICU MRSA (15/46) 32.6% 0.02 [21]
MSSA (7/55) 12.7%

CR: Carbapenem-resistant; CS: Carbapenem susceptible; MBL: Metallo-beta-lactamase; IS: imipenem sensitive; IR: imipenem resistant; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; OSSA: Oxacillin-sensitive-S. aureus; ORSA: Oxacillin-resistant-S. aureus; PDR: Pan drug resistant; XDR: Extensive drug resistant