Skip to main content
. 2018 Apr 30;71(2):119–127.

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics and Comorbidities

Group; No. (%) of Patients*

Characteristic ESBL Urosepsis (n = 58) Non-ESBL Urosepsis (n = 118) p Value
Age (years) (mean ± SD) 69.6 ± 16.1 66.2 ± 18.7 0.24

Sex, male 33 (56.9) 39 (33.1) 0.003

Residence 0.89
 Home 48 (82.8) 99 (83.9)
 Long-term care facility 7 (12.1) 12 (10.2)
 Assisted living 3 (5.2) 6 (5.1)
 Other 0 (0) 1 (0.8)

Primary language < 0.001
 English 19 (32.8) 75 (63.6)
 Punjabi or Hindi 33 (56.9) 26 (22.0)
 Other 1 (1.7) 7 (5.9)
 Unknown 5 (8.6) 10 (8.5)

Travel history
 In past 6 months 12 (20.7) 13 (11.0) 0.11
 To endemic region in past 6 months 12 (20.7) 8 (6.8) 0.010

Exposure
 Community-acquired 48 (82.8) 97 (82.2) > 0.99
 Nosocomial 10 (17.2) 21 (17.8) > 0.99
 Hospitalization in past 12 months 32 (55.2) 38 (32.2) 0.005

Sepsis at time of presentation 45 (77.6) 82 (69.5) 0.29

Urological procedures within 1 month before admission 10 (17.2) 14 (11.9) 0.36

Comorbidities
 Diabetes mellitus 27 (46.6) 42 (35.6) 0.19
 CKD (eGFR < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2) 27 (46.6) 18 (15.3) < 0.001
 Hemodialysis 2 (3.4) 2 (1.7) 0.60
 Recurrent UTI (> 3/year) 22 (37.9) 19 (16.1) 0.002
 Pregnancy 3 (5.2) 5 (4.2) 0.72
 Stroke or TIA 14 (24.1) 17 (14.4) 0.14
 Neurological disorder 8 (13.8) 13 (11.0) 0.62

Immunocompromise
 HIV 1 (1.7) 0 (0) > 0.99
 Hepatitis C 5 (8.6) 2 (1.7) 0.040
 Malignancy 4 (6.9) 10 (8.5) > 0.99
 Transplant recipient 0 (0) 2 (1.7) > 0.99
 Use of immunosuppressants§ 3 (5.2) 5 (4.2) 0.72

Urogenital comorbidities
 Any structural malformation 31 (53.4) 45 (38.1) 0.075
 Urinary retention 4 (6.9) 9 (7.6) > 0.99
 Nephrolithiasis 4 (6.9) 13 (11.0) 0.59
 Renal stents 2 (3.4) 1 (0.8) 0.25
 Tumour of prostate or urinary tract 4 (6.9) 1 (0.8) 0.041
 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 14 (24.1) 13 (11.0) 0.028
 Indwelling catheter 8 (13.8) 14 (11.9) 0.81

CKD = chronic kidney disease, eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate, ESBL = extended-spectrum β-lactamase, SD = standard deviation, TIA = transient ischemic attack, UTI = urinary tract infection.

*

Except where indicated otherwise.

Transurethral prostate resection, insertion of renal stent, insertion of nephrostomy tube, biopsy of kidney and/or prostate, cystoscopy.

Spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer dementia, Parkinson disease, spinal cord injury.

§

Use of methotrexate, corticosteroids > 5 mg equivalent of prednisone daily for > 14 days, calcineurin inhibitors, chemotherapy, biologics, other immune modulators.

Urinary retention, benign prostatic hypertrophy, indwelling catheter, malignancy of the prostate or urinary tract, renal stent, nephrolithiasis, urinary strictures, fistula, or trabeculation of the bladder.