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Table 6 Outcomes of infections due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae by type of infection

From: Factors associated to prevalence and treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections: a seven years retrospective study in three tertiary care hospitals

Outcome

Number (%) of patients

Infection type

VABP (N = 31)

Bacteremia (N = 22)

cUTI/AP (N = 18)

HABP (N = 16)

SWI (N = 16)

BTI (N = 9)

DWI (N = 7)

SBFI (N = 5)

All (N = 124)

Duration of hospitalization for CRE infectiona (mean ± SD)

15.8 (14.3)

14.6 (7.9)

6.7 (9.4)

10.5 (4.5)

9.3 (3.2)

7.6 (5.4)

8.3 (4.9)

10.4 (2.1)

11.3 (9.7)

Duration of ICU staya (mean ± SD)

8.4 (6.9)

9.2 (8.4)

2.3 (3.9)

3.5 (2.9)

1.7 (4.4)

1.9 (2.4)

2.4 (2.4)

2.0 (2.8)

5.1 (4.2)

Clinical cure, n (%)

 Yes

18 (58.1%)

10 (45.5%)

16 (88.9%)

11 (68.8%)

15 (93.8%)

9 (100%)

5 (71.4%)

4 (80.0%)

88 (71.0%)

 No

11 (35.5%)

11 (50.0%)

2 (11.1%)

4 (25.0%)

1 (6.3%)

0

1 (14.3%)

1 (20.0%)

30 (24.2%)

 Unknown

2 (6.5%)

1 (4.5%)

0

1 (6.3%)

0

0

1 (14.3%)

0

6 (4.8%)

CRE eradicated, n (%)

 Yes

15 (48.4%)

12 (54.5%)

16 (88.9%)

10 (62.5%)

10 (62.5%)

9 (100%)

5 (71.4%)

4 (80.0%)

81 (65.3%)

 No

12 (38.7%)

9 (40.9%)

1 (5.6%)

4 (25.0%)

6 (37.5%)

0

1 (14.3%)

1 (20.0%)

34 (27.4%)

 Unknown

4 (12.9%)

1 (4.5%)

1 (5.6%)

2 (12.5%)

0

0

1 (14.3%)

0

9 (7.3%)

28-day mortality, n (%)

 Yes

10 (32.3%)

10 (45.5%)

1 (5.6%)

4 (25.0%)

1 (6.3%)

0

1 (14.3%)

1 (20.0%)

28 (22.6%)

 No

19 (61.3%)

11 (50.0%)

17 (94.4%)

10 (62.5%)

15 (93.8%)

9 (100%)

5 (71.4%)

4 (80.0%)

90 (72.6%)

 Unknown

2 (6.5%)

1 (4.5%)

0

2 (12.5%)

0

0

1 (14.3%)

0

6 (4.8%)

  1. AP acute pyelonephritis, BTI biliary tract infection, CRE carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, cUTI complicated urinary tract infection, DWI deep wound infection, HABP hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia, ICU intensive care unit, SBFI sterile body fluids infection, SD standard deviation, SWI superficial wound infection, VABP ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia
  2. aDuration of hospitalization for CRE infection refers to the duration of hospitalization required for treatment of the CRE infection after diagnosis. Duration of ICU stay refers to the duration of ICU stay required for treatment of the CRE infection