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Table 6 Clinical outcome for patients with cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia cases

From: Effect of rapid cefpodoxime disk screening for early detection of third-generation cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia

 

pre-CPDX screening (n = 63)

CPDX screening (n = 84)

p-value

Primary outcome

Modifications were made to the administration of susceptible antimicrobial agent within 24 h of blood culture-positive report, n (%)

4 (6.3)

19 (22.6)

0.010

Secondary outcome

30-day mortality, n (%)

4 (6.3)

4 (4.9)

0.728

Hospital mortality, n (%)

5 (7.9)

5 (6.1)

0.747

Length of hospital stays from blood culture collection (days), median [IQR]

14.00 [11.00–28.50]

13.50 [9.25–26.75]

0.561

Cost of intravenous antibiotic therapy (yen), median [IQR]

19035.00 [8410.50–30301.50]

16465.00 [10422.00–24408.00]

0.560

  1. IQR Interquartile range