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Table 2 Multivariable linear regression on length of stay of surviving patients after BSI onset

From: The importance of adjusting for enterococcus species when assessing the burden of vancomycin resistance: a cohort study including over 1000 cases of enterococcal bloodstream infections

Parameter

VS-E. faecium vs. VS-E. faecalis

VS-E. faecium vs. VR-E. faecium

ME

Sig.

CI 95 (lower-upper)

ME

Sig.

CI 95 (lower-upper)

Renal Disease

1.588

0000

1.891

–

3.868

1516

0.001

1.472

–

4.201

Age (years)

0.659

0000

0.969

–

0.987

Not significant

Lung Disease

1.457

0000

1.800

–

4.342

1333

0.018

1.151

–

4.409

Gastrointestinal Disease

1.323

0001

1.959

–

11.025

Not significant

Liver Disease

1.270

0.003

1.256

–

3.100

1370

0.009

1.226

–

4.155

Vascular Disease

1.216

0.016

1.104

–

2.622

Not significant

Enterococcus species

E. faecium

1.258

0.004

1.170

–

2.324

Not applicable

E. faecalis

Reference = 1

  1. BSI = bloodstream infection, CI95 = 95% confidence interval, ME multiplicative effect