Table 3.
Hospital course and outcomes of patients with E. coli urosepsis
| All patients N = 313 |
EC-SC group N = 195 (62.3) |
EC-RC group N = 118 (37.7) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotic administration (days), mean (SD) | 7.70 (2.45) | 7.40 (2.16) | 8.20 (2.80) | 0.005 |
| Appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy, n (%) | 245 (78.3) | 195 (100) | 50 (42.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Septic shock, n (%) | 15 (4.8) | 5 (2.6) | 10 (8.5) | 0.018 |
| Surgical drainage, n (%) | 7 (2.2) | 3 (2.5) | 4 (2.1) | 0.776 |
| Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 16 (5.1) | 7 (3.6) | 9 (7.6) | 0.116 |
| Length of hospital stay (days), mean, (SD) | 11.46 (8.50) | 9.29 (6.40) | 15.04 (10.19) | < 0.0001 |
| Mortality within 30 days, n (%) | 27 (8.6) | 11 (5.6) | 16 (13.6) | 0.016 |
| Mortality within 60 days, n (%) | 37 (11.8) | 14 (7.2) | 23 (19.5) | 0.001 |
| Mortality within 180 days, n (%) | 50 (16) | 22 (11.3) | 28 (23.7) | 0.004 |
| Mortality within 1 year, n (%) | 55 (17.6) | 25 (12.8) | 30 (25.4) | 0.005 |
Data is presented as mean (SD) or number (%)
EC-SC Group—patients with urosepsis caused by E. coli susceptible to 3rd generation cephalosporins
EC-RC Group—patients with urosepsis caused by E. coli resistant to 3rd generations cephalosporins
SD standard deviation