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Table 3 Characteristics of the patients infected with MDR-Ab in the prospective study of MDR-Ab transmissions in ICU 2007–2014

From: Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter species: a seven-year experience from a tertiary care center in Lebanon

Clinical Characteristics

Number of patients

Percent

Gender

Male

77

60.2

Female

51

39.8

Age

> 70 years

54

42.2

≤ 70 years

74

57.8

Diabetes

42

32.8

Chronic pulmonary disease

86

67.2

Hemodialysis

21

16.4

Malignancy

38

29.7

Past surgical procedures

46

36.0

Recent mechanical ventilation

73

57.0

In-ICU mortality

28

22.0

Carbapenem susceptibility

Susceptible

33

25.8

Resistant

95

74.2

  1. MDR-Ab = multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter; ICU = intensive care unit