TABLE 1.
Characteristic | Value(s) (n = 4,792 patients unless otherwise indicated) |
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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) |
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.
K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca.
Other key pathogens include E. cloacae, E. aerogenes, C. freundii, S. marcescens, and M. morganii.