Table 3.

Characteristics of the patients infected with MDR-Ab in the prospective study of MDR-Ab transmissions in ICU 2007–2014

Clinical Characteristics		Number of patients	Percent
Gender	Male	77	60.2
	Female	51	39.8
Age	> 70 years	54	42.2
	≤ 70 years	74	57.8
Diabetes		42	32.8
Chronic pulmonary disease		86	67.2
Hemodialysis		21	16.4
Malignancy		38	29.7
Past surgical procedures		46	36.0
Recent mechanical ventilation		73	57.0
In-ICU mortality		28	22.0
Carbapenem susceptibility	Susceptible	33	25.8
	Resistant	95	74.2

MDR-Ab = multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter; ICU = intensive care unit