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. 2022 Feb 25;15:641–654. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S342103

Table 3.

Antibiotic Exposure and Use Histories of Patients with Hospital-Acquired and Non-Hospital-Acquired KP BSI

Non-Hospital-Acquired (n=106) Hospital-Acquired (n=171) χ2 P valuea
Antibiotic exposure
Any antibiotics 30(28.3%) 113(66.1%) 37.399 <0.001
Carbapenems 5(4.7%) 65(38.0%) 38.412 <0.001
Glycopeptides 7(6.6%) 43(25.1%) 15.210 <0.001
Quinolones 6(5.7%) 27(15.8%) 6.398 0.011
Cephalosporins 5(4.7%) 37(21.6%) 14.564 <0.001
BLBLIs 7(6.6%) 75(43.9%) 43.584 <0.001
Aminoglycosides 0 3(1.8%) 0.599 0.439
Linezolid 1(0.9%) 9(5.3%) 2.377 0.123
Tigecycline 2(1.9%) 18(10.5%) 7.291 0.007
Nitroimidazoles 0 5(2.9%) 1.722 0.189
TMP-SMZ 0 10(5.8%) 4.860 0.027
Minocycline 1(0.9%) 6(3.5%) 0.862 0.353
Antifungal agents 3(2.8%) 42(24.6%) 22.712 <0.001
Antibiotic useb
Use Carbapenems 75(70.8%) 111(64.9%) 1.013 0.314
Use Quinolones 22(20.8%) 25(14.6%) 1.748 0.186
Use Cephalosporins 19(17.9%) 23(13.5%) 1.018 0.313
Use BLBLIs 65(61.3%) 74(43.3%) 8.524 0.004
Use Tigecycline 8(7.5%) 51(29.8%) 19.373 <0.001
Use Amikacin 10(9.4%) 20(11.7%) 0.347 0.556
Use Minocycline 10(9.4%) 18(10.5%) 0.086 0.769
Use fosfomycin 7(6.6%) 2(1.2%) 4.540 0.033
Use Nitroimidazoles 8(7.5%) 5(2.9%) 2.179 0.140
Use TMP-SMZ 1(0.9%) 12(7.0%) 4.125 0.042
Use Ceftazidime-avibactam 0 7(4.1%) 2.945 0.086
Use polymyxin B 0 6(3.5%) 2.326 0.127
Early appropriate therapyc 94(88.7%) 102(59.6%) 26.653 <0.001

Notes: aP values less than 0.05 are bolded; bThe antibiotics selected for the first time were consistent with the antimicrobial susceptibility testing; cIt refers to all antibiotics that have been used for more than 48 hours after the start of BSI.

Abbreviations: TMP-SMZ, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; BLBLIs, β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations.