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. 2022 Feb 9;10(1):e02359-21. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02359-21

TABLE 1.

Baseline patient demographics

Characteristic Value(s) (n = 4,792 patients unless otherwise indicated)
Mean age ± SD (yr) 57.0 ± 22.0
Median age (yr) (range [25th, 75th percentile]) 60.1 (38, 76)
 
Gender [no. (%)]
 Female 4,092 (85.4)
 Male 700 (14.6)
 
% of serum creatinine measurements >2.0 mg/dL (n = 1,232) 1.8
% of white blood cell counts >105/µL (n = 1,159) 9.3
No. (%) with hyperglycosuria (n = 3,801 measurements) 399 (10.5)
No. (%) with diabetes mellitusa 1,214 (22.5)
 
No. (%) of episodes (n = 5,395) with
 Indicated key pathogen
   Escherichia coli 4,081 (75.6)
  Klebsiella spp.b 783 (14.5)
  Proteus mirabilis 284 (5.3)
  Otherc 247 (4.6)
 
 Indicated baseline pathogen susceptibility to prescribed antibiotic
  Susceptible 4,237 (78.5)
  Nonsusceptible 1,158 (21.5)
a

Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed as either a hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) measurement of >7% or a prescription for a diabetic medication being filled in the 6 months prior to urine culture collection.

b

K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca.

c

Other key pathogens include E. cloacae, E. aerogenes, C. freundii, S. marcescens, and M. morganii.