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. 2020 Jun 1;9:79. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00728-3

Table 5.

Univariate analysis of risk factors associated with death in KP, CRKP and CSKP BSI

Items KP BSI CRKP BSI CSKP BSI
Death
(n = 121)
Survival
(n = 371)
P Death
(n = 72)
Survival
(n = 92)
P Death
(n = 49)
Survival
(n = 279)
P
Male 72(59.5%) 233(62.0%) 0.506 44(61.1%) 66(71.7%) 0.151 28(57.1%) 167(59.9%) 0.721
Age (years) 63(23) 56(24) <0.001 69(21) 48(29) <0.001 62(17) 59(20) 0.268
previous hospitalization 98(81.0%) 237(63.9%) <0.001 60(83.3%) 61(66.3%) 0.014 38(77.6%) 176(63.1%) 0.05
Hospital stay (days) 23(24) 23(23) 0.579 28(27) 36(33) 0.038 16(26) 19(18) 0.072

Hospital stay before bacteremia (days)

bacteremia (days)

13(26) 5(14) <0.001 14(28) 14(14) 0.041 6(24) 3(12) 0.056
APACHE II SCORE 13(7) 8(5) <0.001 14(8) 12(5) <0.001 12(8) 8(4) <0.001
ICU admission 67(55.4%) 107(28.8%) <0.001 53(73.6%) 63(68.5%) 0.473 14(28.6%) 44(15.8%) 0.03
Use of systemic steroids 37(30.6%) 77(20.8%) 0.026 23(31.9%) 23(25.0%) 0.326 14(28.6%) 54(19.4%) 0.142
Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy 31(25.6%) 71(20.7%) 0.127 17(23.6%) 13(14.1%) 0.119 14(28.6%) 58(20.8%) 0.225
Use of immunosuppressant 33(27.3%) 80(21.6%) 0.195 17(23.6%) 17(18.5%) 0.421 16(32.7%) 63(22.6%) 0.128
Hypertension 57(47.1%) 127(34.2%) 0.011 37(51.4%) 35(38.0%) 0.087 20(40.8%) 92(33.0%) 0.286
Coronary heart disease 33(27.3%) 71(19.1%) 0.057 25(34.7%) 12(13.0%) 0.001 8(16.3%) 59(21.1%) 0.44
Diabetes mellitus 36(29.8%) 122(32.9%) 0.522 21(29.2%) 13(14.1%) 0.018 15(30.6%) 109(39.1%) 0.26
COPD 11(9.1%) 12(3.2%) 0.008 8(11.1%) 6(6.5%) 0.297 3(6.1%) 6(2.2%) 0.273
Renal diseases 18(14.9%) 24(6.5%) 0.004 12(16.7%) 10(10.9%) 0.280 6(12.2%) 14(5.0%) 0.104
Autoimmune diseases 6(5.0%) 11(3.0%) 0.297 4(5.6%) 3(3.3%) 0.740 2(4.1%) 8(2.9%) 0.996
Solid tumor 27(22.3%) 37(10.0%) <0.001 10(13.9%) 9(9.8%) 0.415 17(34.7%) 28(10.0%) <0.001
Hematologic malignancy 21(17.4%) 58(15.6%) 0.654 14(19.4%) 10(10.9%) 0.123 7(14.3%) 48(17.2%) 0.614
Enema 6(5.0%) 17(4.6%) 0.865 6(8.3%) 8(8.7%) 0.934 0 9(3.2%) 0.432
Nasogastric catheter 70(57.9%) 123(33.2%) <0.001 52(72.2%) 65(70.7%) 0.825 18(36.7%) 58(20.8%) 0.015
Urinary catheter 74(61.2%) 147(39.6%) <0.001 54(75.0%) 72(78.3%) 0.623 20(40.8%) 75(26.7%) 0.047
CVC 95(78.5%) 173(46.6%) <0.001 65(90.3%) 77(83.7%) 0.220 30(61.2%) 96(34.4%) <0.001
Peripheral arterial catheter 16(13.2%) 35(9.4%) 0.235 12(16.7%) 22(23.9%) 0.256 4(8.2%) 13(4.7%) 0.502
Blood purification 19(15.7%) 28(7.5%) 0.008 16(22.2%) 20(21.7%) 0.941 3(6.1%) 8(2.9%) 0.461
Tracheal cannula 51(42.1%) 82(22.1%) <0.001 42(58.3%) 52(56.5%) 0.816 9(18.4%) 30(10.8%) 0.129
Tracheostomy 21(17.4%) 35(9.4%) 0.017 16(22.2%) 19(20.7%) 0.808 5(10.2%) 16(5.7%) 0.239
Non-invasive ventilation 23(19.0%) 14(3.8%) <0.001 14(19.4%) 8(8.7%) 0.045 9(18.4%) 6(2.2%) <0.001
Gastroscopy 3(2.5%) 9(2.4%) 1.000 2(2.8%) 4(4.3%) 0.910 1(2.0%) 5(1.8%) 1.000
Colonoscopy 1(0.8%) 2(0.5%) 1.000 1(1.4%) 1(1.1%) 1.000 0 1(0.4%) 1.000
Bronchoscopy 20(16.5%) 19(5.1%) <0.001 20(27.8%) 15(16.3%) 0.075 0 4(1.4%) 0.890
Sputum suction 58(47.9%) 92(24.8%) <0.001 46(63.9%) 56(60.9%) 0.692 12(24.5%) 36(12.9%) 0.034
Thoracentesis 19(15.7%) 27(7.3%) 0.006 17(23.6%) 20(21.7%) 0.776 2(4.1%)) 7(2.5%) 0.883
Abdominocentesis 11(9.1%) 13(3.5%) 0.013 10(13.9%) 9(9.8%) 0.415 1 (2.0%) 4(1.4%) 1.000
Bone marrow puncture 28(23.1%) 54(14.6%) 0.028 17(23.6%) 9(9.8%) 0.016 11(22.4%) 45(16.1%) 0.278
Lumbar puncture 11(9.1%) 37(10.0%) 0.776 9(12.5%) 15(16.3%) 0.494 2(4.1%) 22(7.9%) 0.519
Previous surgery 45(37.2%) 124(33.4%) 0.449 33(45.8%) 54(58.7%) 0.101 12(24.5%) 70(25.1%) 0.929
Abdominal surgery 36(29.8%) 102(27.5%) 0.631 19(26.4%) 31(33.7%) 0.313 17(34.7%) 71(25.4%) 0.178
Enteral nutrition 47(38.8%) 77(20.8%) <0.001 38(52.8%) 42(45.7%) 0.365 9(18.4%) 35(12.5%) 0.270

Parenteral nutrition

Previous use of antibiotics

61(50.4%) 107(28.8%) <0.001 39(54.2%) 56(60.9%) 0.388 22(44.9%) 51(18.3%) <0.001
Any antibiotics 106(87.6%) 281(75.7%) 0.006 71(98.6%) 87(94.6%) 0.171 35(71.4%) 194(69.5%) 0.790
Carbapenems 65(53.7%) 75(20.2%) <0.001 51(70.8%) 45(48.9%) 0.005 14(28.6%) 30(10.8%) 0.001
Glycopeptides 38(31.4%) 47(12.7%) <0.001 30(41.7%) 31(33.7%) 0.295 8(16.3%) 16(5.7%) 0.02
Quinolones 52(43.0%) 113(30.5%) 0.011 41(56.9%) 39(42.4%) 0.064 11(22.4%) 74(26.5%) 0.548
3rd/4th generation cephalosporins 22(18.2%) 55(14.8%) 0.377 17(23.6%) 13(14.1%) 0.119 5(10.2%) 42(15.1%) 0.372
1st/2nd generation cephalosporins 14(11.6%) 51(13.7%) 0.539 8(11.1%) 15(16.3%) 0.342 6(12.2%) 36(12.9%) 0.899
Penicillins 5(4.1%) 22(5.9%) 0.451 2(2.8%) 4(4.3%) 0.910 3(6.1%) 18(6.5%) 1.000
β-lactamase inhibitor 71(58.7%) 136(36.7%) <0.001 54(75.0%) 49(53.3%) 0.004 17(34.7%) 87(31.2%) 0.626
Aminoglycosides 8(6.6%) 3(0.8%) 0.001 6(8.3%) 1(1.1%) 0.059 2(4.1%) 1(0.7%) 0.108
Linezolid 14(11.6%) 10(2.7%) <0.001 13(18.1%) 6(6.6%) 0.024 1(2.0%) 4(1.4%) 0.557
Tigecycline 26(21.5%) 22(5.9%) <0.001 20(27.8%) 18(19.6%) 0.216 6(12.2%) 4(1.4%) <0.001
Daptomycin 2(1.7%) 1(0.3%) 0.305 2(2.8%) 1(1.1%) 0.830 0 0
Nitroimidazoles 7(5.8%) 14(3.8%) 0.342 6(8.3%) 2(2.2%) 0.146 1(2.0%) 12(4.3%) 0.726
KP detection in other sites 68(56.2%) 118(31.8%) <0.001 52(72.2%) 56(60.9%) 0.128 16(32.7%) 62(22.2%) 0.114
CRKP 72(59.5%) 92(24.8%) <0.001

KP Klebsiella pneumoniae, CRKP Carbapenem-resistant KP, CSKP Carbapenem-susceptible KP, BSI bloodstream infections, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, ICU Intensive Care Unit, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CVC central venous catheter