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Table 2 Comparison of antimicrobial therapies and treatment outcomes between CRKP-BSI and CSKP-BSI patients

From: Epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in a teaching hospital: factors related to the carbapenem resistance and patient mortality

Treatment and outcomes

Total (n = 114)

CRKP (n = 33)

CSKP (n = 81)

p-value

Appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy

78(68.4)

9(27.3)

69(85.2)

<0.001

LOS after BSI onset,Days, median (IQR)

18.5(9–31)

24(9.5–51)

15(8.5–28)

0.066

Total LOS,days, median (IQR)

31.5(19.75–62.75)

50(28–83)

24(16.5–51)

0.001

Mortality rate

 Crude 28-day mortality n(%)

26(22.8)

11(33.3)

15(18.5)

0.087

 Crude in-hospital mortality n(%)

30(26.3)

14(42.4)

16(19.8)

0.013

 Attributable 28-day mortality n(%)

24(21.1)

11(33.3)

13(16.0)

0.04

 Attributable in-hospital mortality n(%)

28(24.6)

14(42.4)

14(24.6)

0.005

  1. IQR interquartile range, BSI bloodstream infection, CRKP carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, CSKP carbapenem-sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae, LOS length of stay