Table 1.
Patient characteristics among non-ST117 and ST117 carriers per year (2008-2018); patient characteristics of CT71 strains in 2018 (IQR: interquartile range; LOS: length of stay)
| Year Total number of isolates |
2008 N = 30 |
2013 N = 30 |
2015 N = 30 |
2018 N = 30 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain type No. (%) |
Non-ST117 25 (83) |
ST117 5 (17) |
Non-ST117 21 (70) |
ST117 9 (30) |
Non-ST117 18 (60) |
ST117 12 (40) |
Non-ST117 13 (43) |
ST117 17 (57) |
CT71 13 (43) |
| Age in years, Median (IQR) | 62 (46–72) | 69 (56–76) | 68 (57–76) | 68 (53–71) | 72.5 (54–74) | 64 (47–72) | 60 (54–66) | 69 (52–77) | 69 (52–75) |
| Sex, No. (%) | |||||||||
| Male | 15 (60) | 3 (60) | 9 (43) | 5 (56) | 6 (33) | 6 (50) | 6 (46) | 13 (77) | 10 (77) |
| Female | 10 (40) | 2 (40) | 12 (57) | 4 (44) | 12 (67) | 6 (50) | 7 (54) | 4 (23) | 3 (23) |
| LOS in days, Median (IQR) | 53 (26–76) | 23 (4–74) | 32 (15–60) | 47 (26–59) | 31 (16–52) | 34 (15–48) | 14 (5–66) | 16 (8–55) | 40 (16–60) |
| LOS specimen collection in days, Median (IQR) | 19 (6–37) | 4 (4–42) | 11 (2–24) | 19 (11–26) | 4.5 (1–12) | 5 (1–18.5) | 1 (0–42) | 2 (0–12) | 5 (1–21) |
| Type ward, No. (%) | |||||||||
| Intensive care unit | 10 (40) | 2 (40) | 9 (43) | 5 (56) | 10 (56) | 3 (25) | 4 (30) | 8 (47) | 7 (54) |
| Hematology/oncology | 9 (36) | 1 (20) | 8 (38) | 3 (33) | 4 (22) | 7 (59) | 5 (40) | 3 (18) | 3 (23) |
| Surgery | 3 (12) | 1 (20) | 1 (5) | 1 (11) | 1 (5) | 1 (8) | 4 (30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| others | 3 (12) | 1 (20) | 3 (14) | 0 (0) | 3 (17) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 6 (35) | 3 (23) |
| Site of specimen collection, No. (%) | |||||||||
| Screening cultures | 4 (16) | 1 (20) | 19 (90) | 7 (78) | 13 (72) | 11 (92) | 12 (92) | 11 (65) | 9 (69) |
| Clinical cultures | 21 (84) | 4 (80) | 2 (10) | 2 (22) | 5 (28) | 1 (8) | 1 (8) | 6 (35) | 4 (31) |