Table 4 Characteristics of patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales according to the years
From: Clonal spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a region, China
Characteristic | 2014–2018 | 2014 ( n = 25) No. (%) | 2015 (n = 101) No. (%) | 2016 (n = 104) No. (%) | 2017 ( n = 90) No. (%) | 2018 (n = 205) No. (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (n = 357) | Female (n = 168) | ||||||
No. (%) | No. (%) | ||||||
Age (years) | 72.17 ± 16.55 | 72.20 ± 15.14 | 80.36 ± 10.70 | 76.94 ± 13.60 | 71.08 ± 17.26 | 69.84 ± 16.61 | 70.47 ± 16.27 |
P value | 0.641 | Â | 0.213 | 0.034 | 0.494 | 0.738 | |
Patients under 65Â years (No.) | 103 (28.85) | 47 (27.98) | 2 (8) | 13 (12.87) | 38 (36.54) | 34 (37.78) | 63 (30.73) |
P value | 0.836 |  | 0.743 |  < 0.001 | 0.859 | 0.236 | |
Previous hospitalization within last one month | 209 (58.54) | 88 (52.38) | 19 (76) | 71 (70.3) | 65 (62.5) | 49 (54.44) | 93 (45.37) |
P value | 0.184 | Â | 0.572 | 0.238 | 0.256 | 0.151 | |
Hospital length of stay (days) | 42.20 ± 37.56 | 42.35 ± 41.08 | 53.96 ± 37.69 | 50.11 ± 41.64 | 45.05 ± 44.62 | 41.99 ± 33.05 | 34.19 ± 28.61 |
P value | 0.882 | Â | 0.748 | 0.093 | 0.793 | 0.069 | |
Outcome | |||||||
 Improvement | 191 (53.5) | 92 (54.76) | 8 (33.33) | 52 (54.74) | 68 (65.38) | 59 (65.56) | 96 (46.83) |
 Voluntary discharge | 61 (17.09) | 36 (21.43) | 3 (12.5) | 17 (17.89) | 15 (14.42) | 15 (16.67) | 47 (22.93) |
 Death | 82 (22.97) | 32 (19.05) | 13 (54.17) | 26 (27.37) | 20 (19.23) | 13 (14.44) | 42 (20.49) |
 P value | 0.375 |  | 0.051 | 0.256 | 0.677 | 0.047 | |
 Intra-hospital transfers | 105 (29.41) | 36 (21.43) | 8 (32) | 18 (17.82) | 27 (25.96) | 25 (27.78) | 63 (30.73) |
 P value | 0.054 |  | 0.117 | 0.159 | 0.776 | 0.61 (0.016*) | |
 Inter-hospital transfers | 74 (20.73) | 24 (14.29) | 7 (28) | 12 (11.88) | 13 (12.5) | 15 (16.67) | 51 (24.88) |
 P value | 0.077 |  | 0.088 | 0.892 | 0.41 | 0.119 ( 0.008*) | |