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. 2020 Sep 28;72(11):e753–e760. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1462

Table 2.

Antibacterial Use, Antifungal Use, Acute Care Hospitalizations Prior to Point Prevalence Survey, and Roommate Analyses in Candida auris Colonized Cases and Controls, New York, 2016–2018

Drug or hospital exposure Case, n = 60 Control, n = 218 Odds ratioa (95% CI)
Antibiotic use, median (IQR)
 Total antibiotic courses in the 90 days before PPS 3 (1–5) 1 (0–3) 1.31 (1.15–1.49)
 Systemic antibiotic courses in the 90 days before PPS 3 (1–5) 1 (0–3) 1.34 (1.16–1.54)
 Received any antibiotic in the 90 days before PPS, n (%) 51 (85.0) 152 (69.7) 2.75 (1.24–6.11)
 ≥1 systemic antibiotic in the 90 days before PPS, n (%) 48 (80.0) 139 (63.8) 2.51 (1.22–5.17)
 Specific antibacterial drugs used in the 90 days before PPS, n (%)
  Received vancomycin or a carbapenem 36 (60.0) 64 (29.4) 4.30 (2.24–8.27)
  Carbapenems 26 (43.3) 35 (16.1) 4.68 (2.38–9.21)
  Vancomycin 25 (41.7) 47 (21.6) 2.71 (1.44–5.10)
  Levofloxacin 9 (15.0) 39 (17.9) .82 (.36–1.84)
  Cefepime 9 (15.0) 23 (10.6) 1.58 (.66–3.75)
  Piperacillin/tazobactam 8 (13.3) 23 (10.6) 1.31 (.55–3.15)
Antifungal use, median (IQR)
 Total antifungal courses in the 90 days before PPS 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) .79 (.52–1.19)
 Systemic antifungal courses in the 90 days before PPS 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1.48 (.81–2.71)
 ≥1 systemic antifungal in the 90 days before PPS, n (%) 7 (11.7) 14 (6.4) 2.11 (.77–5.80)
 Specific antifungal drugs used in the 90 days before PPS, n (%)
  Fluconazole 7 (11.7) 7 (3.2) 4.21 (1.37–12.94)
  Nystatin 0 (0) 10 (4.6) .37 (.02–2.29)b
ACH visits, median (IQR)
 Total ACH visits in the 6 months before PPS 1 (1–3) 1 (0–2) 1.29 (1.07–1.56)
 Multi-day ACH visits in the 6 months before PPS 1 (1–2) 1 (0–1) 1.48 (1.18–1.85)
 ≥1 ACH visits in the 6 months before PPS, n (%) 47 (81.0) 112 (56.3) 3.53 (1.69–7.41)
Roommate colonization status, ncase = 59; ncontrol = 200
 Room with a colonized roommate 4 (6.8) 27 (13.5) .44 (.14–1.33)
Room type at time of screening,c ncase = 57; ncontrol = 198
 In a room with 1 bed 8 (14.0) 28 (14.1) Ref
 In a room with 2 beds 42 (73.7) 151 (76.3) 1.00 (.41–2.43)
 In a room with 4 beds 7 (12.3) 19 (9.6) 1.46 (.42–5.01)

Abbreviations: ACH, acute care hospital; CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; PPS, point prevalence survey.

aUnivariate models used to calculate odds ratios included PPS in the models.

bCalculated with a Haldane-Anscombe correction.

cThere were no rooms containing 3 beds.