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Table 4 Studies describing hospital costs among patients with resistant and multi-drug resistant E. coli

From: Economic burden of antibiotic resistance in ESKAPE organisms: a systematic review

Author

Bacteria

Comparison

Description of cost

Median cost in 2015 USD

Mean cost in 2015 USD

Case

Control

Median cost

Case

Control

Increase

Ratio

P-value

Mean cost

Case

Control

Increase

Ratio

P-value

de Kraker et al. [36]

E. coli

Third generation cephalosporin resistant E. coli

Third generation cephalosporin susceptible E. coli

Excess total hospital cost

     

Mean (95% CI)

1861(776–3319)

776(530–1236)

985(246–2084)

2.12

< 0.05

Tumbarello et al. [81]

E. coli

ESBL positive

ESBL negative

Total hospital cost

      

Mean (SD)

13,709(16312)

16,312(6683)

5026(9629)

1.58

0.0300

Thaden et al. [82]

E. coli

MDR

Non-MDR

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

9527(5915–19,648)

7503(4301–13,447)

2024(1614–6201)

1.27

< 0.0001

Mean (SD)

18,917(29394)

29,394(24416)

4141(4978)

1.28

< 0.0001

Apisarnthanarak et al. [83]

E. coli

ESBL positive

ESBL negative

Hospital cost after culture

Median (range)

662(54–3981)

243(66–2335)

419(− 13–1646)

2.72

< 0.05

      

Apisarnthanarak et al. [84]

E. coli

ESBL positive

Without infection

Total hospital cost

Median (range)

662(54–3981)

136(29–991)

527(25–2990)

4.89

< 0.001

      

Alam et al. [85]

E. coli

Resistant to at least one antibiotic

Sensitive to all six antibiotics

Total hospital cost

      

Mean (SD)

33(46)

46(42)

8(4)

1.33

0.0060

E. coli

Resistant to at least one antibiotic

Sensitive to all six antibiotics

Antibiotic cost

      

Mean (SD)

7(14)

14(3)

3(11)

1.72

< 0.001

Esteve-Palau et al. [86]

E. coli

ESBL positive

ESBL negative

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

4877(3537–9645)

3379(2318–5832)

1498(1220–3813)

1.44

0.0070

      

E. coli

ESBL positive

ESBL negative

Antibiotic cost

Median (IQR)

259(53–605)

22(8–82)

238(45–523)

12.00

< 0.001

      

Cornejo-Juarez et al. [87]

E. coli

ESBL positive

ESBL negative

Total hospital cost

      

Mean (SD)

6535(4352)

4352(3176)

1808(1176)

1.38

0.0100

E. coli

ESBL positive

ESBL negative

Antibiotic cost

      

Mean (SD)

2801(2275)

2275(1669)

848(607)

1.43

0.0200

Xu et al. [51]

E. coli

MDR

Non-MDR

Total hospital cost

      

Mean (SD)

3645(4948)

4948(3068)

1574(1881)

1.76

< 0.001

E. coli

MDR

Non-MDR

Antibiotic cost

      

Mean (SD)

234(301)

301(179)

81(122)

1.52

< 0.001

Meng et al. [88]

E. coli

CREC

CSEC

Total hospital cost

Median

12,670

10,290

  

> 0.05

      

E. coli

CREC

Without infection

Total hospital cost

Median

12,670

2818

9851

4.50

< 0.000

      

Leistner et al. [89]

E. coli

ESBL positive

ESBL negative

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

21,712(9016–59,726)

23,841(8060–67,701)

  

0.3590

      
  1. ESBL extended-spectrum β-lactamases, MDR multi-drug resistance, CREC carbapenem resistace E. coli, CSEC carbapenem susceptible E. coli, IQR interquartile range, USD the United States Dollars, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval