Table I.
In-hospital fatality rates of hospital-acquired Gram-negative bloodstream infections (BSIs)
| Hospital A, 2001 |
Hospital B, 1999–2002 |
Hospital C, 1999–2002 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)a | Deaths (%)b | N (%)a | Deaths (%)b | N (%)a | Deaths (%)b | |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 49 (8) | 23 (47) | 383 (16) | 223 (58) | 123 (9) | 58 (47) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 75 (16) | 29 (39) | 209 (9) | 95 (45)c | 256 (18) | 91 (36)d |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 102 (12) | 41 (40) | 211 (9) | 99 (47)c | 168 (12) | 67 (40) |
| 650 (100) | 2348 (100) | 1436 (100) | ||||
a
Percent of all nosocomial BSIs.
b
Percent of BSIs with the same pathogen.
c
Significant differences in fatality compared with A. baumannii, P<0.01.
d
Significant difference in fatality compared with A. baumannii, P=0.03.