Table. NDM-CRE inpatient cases per health facility of detection, Tuscany, Italy, November 2018–October 2019 (n = 1,496).
| Area | Hospital type (n) | Confirmed NDM-CRE cases |
Rate per 100,000 hospital daysa
BSI |
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| Total | Per case definition | Per ward | |||||||||||||||
| Intestinal carriage | BSI | Other | ICU | Other than ICU | LTCU | NA | |||||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| North-West | TH (n = 1) | 290 | 231 | 79.7 | 45 | 15.5 | 14 | 4.8 | 52 | 17.9 | 219 | 75.5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5.2 | 15.46 |
| DH (n = 4) | 727 | 594 | 81.7 | 45 | 6.2 | 88 | 12.1 | 92 | 12.7 | 567 | 78.0 | 56 | 7.7 | 12 | 1.7 | 9.97 | |
| Otherb (n = 11) | 247 | 178 | 72.1 | 24 | 9.7 | 45 | 18.2 | 17 | 6.9 | 108 | 43.7 | 108 | 43.7 | 14 | 5.7 | 12.84 | |
| All facilities | 1,264 | 1,003 | 79.4 | 114 | 9.0 | 147 | 11.6 | 161 | 12.7 | 894 | 70.7 | 168 | 13.3 | 41 | 3.2 | 11.84 | |
| Central | TH (n = 1) | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.5 | 23 | 88.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0. | 0.32 |
| DH (n = 5) | 64 | 58 | 90.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 7.8 | 12 | 18.8 | 47 | 73.4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.8 | 0.19 | |
| Otherb (n = 8) | 27 | 25 | 92.6 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 3.7 | 2 | 7.4 | 19 | 70.4 | 4 | 14.8 | 2 | 7.4 | 0.64 | |
| All facilities | 117 | 108 | 92.3 | 3 | 2.6 | 6 | 5.1 | 17 | 14.5 | 89 | 76.1 | 4 | 3.4 | 7 | 6.0 | 0.3 | |
| South-East | TH (n = 1) | 52 | 37 | 71.2 | 4 | 7.7 | 11 | 21.2 | 11 | 21.2 | 41 | 78.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.35 |
| DH (n = 2) | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 9 | 75.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Otherb (n = 13) | 51 | 35 | 68.6 | 7 | 13.7 | 9 | 17.6 | 4 | 7.8 | 30 | 58.8 | 17 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.32 | |
| All facilities | 115 | 79 | 68.7 | 11 | 9.6 | 25 | 21.7 | 17 | 14.8 | 80 | 69.6 | 18 | 15.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
| Total (whole region) | All facilities | 1,496 | 1,190 | 79.5 | 128 | 8.6 | 178 | 11.9 | 195 | 13.0 | 1,063 | 71.1 | 190 | 12.7 | 48 | 3.2 | 5.02 |
BSI: bloodstream infection; DH: district hospital; ICU: intensive care unit; LTCU: long-term care unit; NA: ward data not available; NDM-CRE: New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; TH: teaching hospital.
a Hospitalisation days were calculated based on data for the corresponding months in the previous calendar year.
b Other facilities include all hospitals not included in the former categories, e.g. primary hospitals, excluding long-term care facilities.