Prevalence, risk factors and molecular epidemiology of highly resistant gram negative rods in hospitalized patients in the Dutch region Kennemerland

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patients

Patient characteristics	Total^a	Hospital 1	Hospital 2	Hospital 3^a
Number of unique patients	427 (100)	126 (29.5)	167 (39.1)	134 (31.4)
Sex
Male	217 (51.1)	57 (45.2)	90 (53.9)	70 (53.0)
Used antibiotics 6 months before current admission	99 (23.3)	41 (32.5)	34 (20.4)	24 (18.2)
Used antibiotics during current admission	167 (39.3)	33 (26.2)	76 (45.5)	58 (43.9)
Admitted before current admission (up to 1 year)	204 (48.0)	65 (51.6)	77 (46.1)	62 (47.0)
Known HR-GNR positive in the past^b	12 (2.8)	2 (1.6)	7 (4.2)	3 (2.3)
Mean age in years (SD)	65.1 (21.1)	61.2 (22.9)	65.7 (22.4)	68.1 (16.9)
Median time from admission to sampling in days (Range)	3.0 (0–48)	2 (0–29)	4 (0–48)	4 (0–43)

Data are presented as numbers (%) unless indicated otherwise
Percentages were calculated in reference to the specific hospital
^aFrom two patients no demographic characteristics were known (in total: 425 patients with known characteristics and 132 for hospital 3)
^bKnown HR-GNR positive in the past (since January 2008)

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