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Table 1 Baseline parameters for the 57 patients at a large Vietnamese pediatric hospital included in the study, in relation to treatment outcome, from which carbapenem-resistant ST15 K. pneumoniae were isolated

From: Molecular and phenotypic characterization of clinical isolates belonging to a KPC-2-producing strain of ST15 Klebsiella pneumoniae from a Vietnamese pediatric hospital

 

Total

Discharged

Death

N.A.a

Sex

 Female

16

9

0

7

 Male

41

16

4

21

Diagnosis

 Respiratory failure

17

7

2

8

 Pneumonia

15

8

1

6

 Cardiovascular disease

8

4

2

2

 Septicemia

5

2

2

1

 Pre-term

5

2

2

1

 Enterocolitis/peritonitis

3

2

0

1

 Esophagus atresia

3

1

0

2

 Cerebral hemorrhage

2

1

0

1

 Diaphragmatic hernia

2

0

0

2

 Other

7

3

0

4

 N.A.

4

0

0

4

Origin

 Other hospital

32

17

1

14

 Community

9

3

2

4

 N.A.

16

5

1

10

Department

 General ICU

8

3

0

5

 Neonatal ICU

28

16

1

11

 Surgical ICU

17

5

3

9

 Other

4

1

0

3

Invasive procedure

 Intubation

45

18

4

23

 Central vascular catheter

36

13

4

19

 Urinary catheter

20

6

2

12

 N.A.

4

0

0

4

Specimen

 Tracheal fluid

35

13

3

19

 Nasopharynx

12

7

0

5

 Blood

3

1

0

2

 Other

6

4

1

1

  1. ICU intensive care unit
  2. a Data not available