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Table 3 Estimation of the excess length of stay (LOS) and hazard ratios (HR) of discharge associated with ESBL+ and ESBL- infection

From: Infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae: clinical and economic impact in patients hospitalized in 2 teaching hospitals in Dakar, Senegal

  

HR of discharge

 

Excess LOS, days (95 % CI)

Univariate (95 % CI)

Multivariable (95 % CI)

ESBL+ infectiona

7.9 (7.6–9.2)

0.3 (0.2–0.4)

0.3 (0.2–0.4)

ESBL- infectionb

3.9 (3.8–4.6)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

  1. CI confidence interval
  2. aModel A: Excess LOS due to ESBL+ infection
  3. 110 patients with ESBL+ infection versus 76 patients with ESBL- infection censored at time of infection and 186 uninfected patients
  4. bModel B: Excess LOS due to ESBL- infection
  5. Seventy-six patients with ESBL- infection versus 110 patients with ESBL+ infection censored at time of infection and 186 uninfected patients
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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