Table 1.

Characteristics upon ICU admission of patients with cancer colonized by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, vancomycin-resistant enterococci or both

Variable	Total (n = 714)	Without colonization (n = 574)	With colonization (n = 140)	P
Age (years)	64 (53–73)	64 (53–73)	66 (54–74)	0.71
Male	389 (54.5%)	79 (56.4%)	310 (54.0%)	0.61
Type ICU admission				< 0.01
Planned	201 (28.2%)	182 (31.7%)	19 (13.6%)
Unplanned	513 (71.8%)	392 (68.3%)	121 (86.4%)
Before ICU admission				< 0.01
Operating room	243 (34.0%)	214 (37.3%)	29 (20.7%)
Emergency room	181 (25.4%)	151 (26.3%)	30 (21.4%)
Ward	290 (40.6%)	209 (36.4%)	81 (57.9%)
ICU design				0.51
Single-bed room	316 (44.3%)	258 (44.9%)	58 (41.4%)
Multibed room	398 (55.7%)	316 (55.1%)	82 (58.6%)
Performance status (ECOG)				< 0.01
0–1	409 (57.3%)	353 (61.5%)	56 (40.0%)
2	159 (22.3%)	122 (21.3%)	37 (26.4%)
3–4	146 (20.4%)	99 (17.2%)	47 (33.6%)
SAPS 3	63 (53–72)	62 (51–72)	68 (59–79)	< 0.01
Type of cancer				0.02
Solid tumor	623 (87.3%)	510 (88.9%)	113 (80.7%)
Hematological	91 (12.7%)	64 (11.1%)	27 (19.3%)
Metastatic tumor	277 (44.5%)	228 (44.8%)	49 (43.6%)	0.85
Days in hospital before ICU	1 (0–9)	1 (0–7)	3 (1–16)	< 0.01
Days in ICU before screening	3 (2–5)	3 (2–5)	3 (2–5)	0.98
ICU length of stay (days)	6 (4–10)	6 (4–9)	8 (5–12)	< 0.01
Hospital length of stay(days) (days)	22 (13–38)	21 (13–35)	28 (17–53)	< 0.01

Categorical data are presented as median (25–75% interquartile range). Continuous data were presented as absolute values (percentages)

ICU Intensive Care Unit, planned ICU admission postoperative elective surgery, unplanned ICU admission medical reason or postoperative emergency surgery, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, SAPS3 Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS 3), Days in ICU before screening ICU length of stay before colonization screening with rectal swabs