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Table 1 Factors associated with healthcare-associated infection caused by antimicrobial resistant versus susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii in two New York City hospitals, 2006-2012

From: Risk factors for hospital-acquired antimicrobial-resistant infection caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

 

Resistant to ampicillin or ampicillin/sulbactam

 

Yes, N (%)

No, N (%)

P-value*

Total

302 (45 %)

369 (55 %)

 

Mean (range) age, in years

61 (19–98)

61 (18–97)

0.65

Sex

   

 Female

125 (41 %)

160 (43 %)

0.61

 Male

177 (59 %)

209 (57 %)

 

Hospital

   

 A

217 (76 %)

190 (58 %)

<0.0001

 B

70 (24 %)

139 (42 %)

 

ICU prior to infection

   

 Yes

219 (83 %)

178 (82 %)

0.72

 No

44 (17 %)

39 (18 %)

 

Mean (range) Charlson Comorbidity Index

5.61 (0–17)

5.39 (0–16)

0.40

Mean (range) days of stay prior to infection

39 (3–377)

18 (3–193)

<0.0001

High risk medication prior to infection

   

 Yes

136 (72 %)

155 (77 %)

0.24

 No

53 (28 %)

46 (23 %)

 

Prior stay in skilled nursing facility

   

 Yes

21 (7 %)

31 (8 %)

0.49

 No

281 (93 %)

338 (92 %)

 

Prior in-network hospitalization

   

 Yes

72 (24 %)

74 (20 %)

0.24

 No

230 (76 %)

295 (80 %)

 

Year of infection onset

   

 2006

32 (11 %)

69 (19 %)

0.003

 2007

67 (22 %)

65 (18 %)

 

 2008

64 (21 %)

48 (13 %)

 

 2009

40 (13 %)

52 (14 %)

 

 2010

36 (12 %)

44 (12 %)

 

 2011

41 (14 %)

47 (13 %)

 

 2012

22 (7 %)

44 (12 %)

 

Site of infection

   

 Bloodstream

65 (22 %)

85 (23 %)

0.64

 Urinary tract

96 (32 %)

123 (33 %)

0.67

 Pneumonia

187 (62 %)

172 (47 %)

<0.0001

Season of infection onset

   

 Winter

67 (22 %)

83 (22 %)

0.75

 Spring

76 (25 %)

95 (26 %)

 

 Summer

85 (28 %)

113 (31 %)

 

 Fall

74 (25 %)

78 (21 %)

 

Diabetes

   

 Yes

100 (33 %)

106 (29 %)

0.22

 No

202 (67 %)

263 (71 %)

 

Renal failure

   

 Yes

181 (60 %)

179 (49 %)

0.003

 No

121 (40 %)

190 (51 %)

 

Malignancy

   

 Yes

69 (23 %)

79 (21 %)

0.65

 No

233 (77 %)

290 (79 %)

 

Antibiotic use prior to infection

   

 Yes

16 (40 %)

20 (20 %)

0.017

 No

24 (60 %)

78 (80 %)

 
  1. Numbers in strata may not equal total due to missing values
  2. *Continuous variables assessed using simple logistic regression (Wald χ 2). Categorical variables assessed using Pearson’s χ 2