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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with and without a carbapenemase gene, Thailand, 2016–2018

From: Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in Thailand, 2016–2018

Patient characteristic

n (% or IQR)

p value**

All CRE

CP-CRE

Non-CP-CRE

Median age (N = 3,724)

66 (52–77)

62 (52–77)

65 (45–79)

0.75

No. male (N = 3,748)

2263 (60)

2211 (61)

53 (54)

0.36

No. with any antibiotic 14 days prior (N = 3,748)

2502 (67)

2436 (67)

66 (67)

0.98

Median length of stay (LOS) (N = 3,031)

20 (9–39)

20 (9–39)

24 (11–38)

0.18

Median LOS before specimen collection*** (N = 3,318)

10 (2–23)

10 (1–23)

10 (3–24)

0.51

Median LOS after specimen collection *** (N = 2,968)

9 (4–19)

9 (4–19)

11 (4–19)

0.48

No. with healthcare onset (N = 3,748)

2368 (63)

2298 (63)

70 (71)

0.12

Death during hospitalization (N = 3,748)

885 (24)

864 (24)

21 (21)

0.57

  1. **Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test used for numeric variables
  2. ***includes only those where LOS ≥ 0 (44 where LOS total < 0; 101 where LOS before specimen collection < 0; 107 where LOS after specimen collection < 0)