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Table 4 MDR bacteria detected in blood cultures

From: Empiric antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit based on the risk of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection: a single-centre case‒control study of blood culture results in Japan

 

All patients (n = 173)

R group (n = 129)

Control group (n = 44)

P value

MDR bacteria

10 (6)

10 (8)

0 (0)

0.048

 Escherichia coli (ESBL)

6 (3)

6 (5)

0 (0)

 

 Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL)

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 

 Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

3 (2)

3 (2)

0 (0)

 

 Other

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

MDR bacteria + Pseudomonas aeruginosa

14 (8)

14 (11)

0 (0)

0.014

Fungi: Candida albicans

4 (2)

4 (3)

0 (0)

0.305

  1. Values are presented as n (%)