Table 1.
Characteristics of critically ill patients from whom the carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii was isolated. The frequency of isolation showed an increasing trend with age.
| No (%) | |
|---|---|
| Colonization | 31 (38.8) |
| Infection | 49 (61.2) |
| Males | 42 (52.5) |
| Females | 38 (47.5) |
| Age in years | |
| <15 | 1 (1.2) |
| 15–44 | 20 (25) |
| 45–64 | 27 (33.8) |
| ≥65 | 32 (40) |
| Medical ICU | 53 (66.3) |
| Surgical ICU | 27 (33.7) |
| 30 days crude mortality∗ | 15 (18.8) |
∗30 days crude mortality from 13 cases of blood stream infections by carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii was 61.5%.