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Table 2 Outcomes for patients with carbapenem resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa

From: Effectiveness of traditional non-carbapenem β-lactams vs. novel β-lactams for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a retrospective cohort study

Parameter

Total

(n = 124)

NCBL

(n = 98)

NVL

(n = 26)

P-value

 

n (%) OR Median [IQR]

 

Primary outcomes

30- days Mortality

53 (42.7)

41 (41.8)

12 (46.2)

0.692

Secondary outcomes

30- days Mortality related to infection

39 (31.5)

29 (29.6)

10 (38.5)

0.387

Clinical cure by the end of treatment

69 (50.0)

53 (47.7)

16 (59.3)

0.283

Microbiological outcome

    

-Eradication

48 (38.7)

33 (33.7)

15 (57.7)

0.025*

90-day infection recurrence

70 (56.5)

60 (61.2)

10 (38.5)

0.037*

30-days hospital readmission

29 (23.4)

26 (26.5)

3 (11.5)

0.108

30-days readmission due to infection

13 (10.5)

13 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

0.050

ICU LOS (days)

22.5 [10.5, 48]

21 [10, 47]

30 [14, 73]

0.288

Hospital LOS (days)

78 [32, 137.5]

78.5 [34, 137]

62 [25, 198]

0.652

  1. IQR: Interquartile Range; LOS: length of stay; NCBL: non-carbapenem β-lactam; NVL: Noval β-lactam
  2. *Indicates statistical significance (P < 0.05)