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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients

From: Risk factors associated with colistin resistance in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales: a multicenter study from a low-income country

Clinical characteristics

Total n = 114

Colistin-resistance

p-value

Yes n = 32

No n = 82

Age [median (IQR)]

56 (29–72)

61 (28–73)

50 (29–71)

0.297

Sex [n (%)]

 Female

40 (35.09)

8 (25)

32 (39.02)

0.159

 Male

74 (64.91)

24 (75)

50 (60.98)

Charlson [median (IQR)]

2 (0–4)

2 (1–6)

2 (0–3)

0.143

APACHE [median (IQR)]

15 (9–21)

16 (13–22)

15 (6–21)

0.201

Diagnostic [n (%)]

 Neurological disease

35 (30.97)

11 (35.48)

24 (29.27)

0.524

 Acute respiratory failure

24 (21.05)

6 (18.75)

18 (21.95)

0.706

 Chronic heart failure

14 (12.28)

5 (15.63)

9 (10.98)

0.532

 Renal failure

17 (14.91)

9 (28.13)

8 (9.76)

0.020a

 Diabetes mellitus

13 (11.4)

5 (15.63)

8 (9.76)

0.512

 Immunosuppresion

13 (11.61)

3 (9.68)

10 (12.35)

1.000

 Gastrointestinal disease

11 (9,65)

2 (6.25)

9 (10.98)

0.725

 Malignancy

8 (7.02)

3 (9.38)

5 (6.1)

0.684

 Polytrauma

7 (6.14)

3 (9.38)

4 (4.88)

0.399

 Sepsis

6 (5.26)

1 (3.13)

5 (6.1)

1.000

Comorbidities [n (%)]

 Renal failure

28 (24.78)

12 (38.71)

16 (19.51)

0.035a

 Chronic heart failure

51 (45.13)

17 (54.84)

34 (41.46)

0.202

 Diabetes mellitus

32 (28.57)

11 (35.48)

21 (25.93)

0.316

 Malignancy

17 (15.04)

6 (19.35)

11 (13.41)

0.556

 Neurological disease

16 (14.16)

2 (6.45)

14 (17.07)

0.227

 Immunosuppresion

13 (11.5)

2 (6.45)

11 (13.41)

0.509

 Chronic pulmonar disease

4 (3.6)

1 (3.23)

3 (3.75)

1.000

Length of hospital stay [median (IQR)]

39 (20–156)

44 (21–124)

38 (19–158)

0.709

Mortality [n (%)]

47 (41.23)

14 (43.75)

33 (40.24)

0.733

  1. Guayaquil-Ecuador; a Statistical significance p > 0.05
  2. IQR interquartile range