Table 4 Secondary outcomes of the four groups of patients with HAI.

From: Epidemiology, clinical relevance and prognosis of staphylococci in hospital-acquired postoperative intra-abdominal infections: an observational study in intensive care unit

Selected criteria

nS-HAI

n = 293

S-HAI

n = 87

Adjusted analysis

CoNS-HAI

n = 58

Sa-HAI

n = 29

Adjusted analysis

aOR [95% CI]

p

aOR [95% CI]

p

Persistent sepsis

164 (56)

38 (44)*

0.72 [0.42–1.23]

NS

27 (47)

11 (38)

1.20 [0.43–3.39]

NS

Reoperation

135 (46)

35 (40)

0.90 [0.52–1.51]

NS

23 (40)

12 (41)

0.27 [0.29–2.13]

NS

Surgical complications

64 (22)

9 (10)*

0.43 [0.20–0.93]

0.03

5 (9)

4 (14)

0.51 [0.12–2.18]

NS

Medical complications

45 (15)

14 (16)

1.06 [0.55–2.03]

NS

9 (16)

5 (17)

0.61 [0.14–2.68]

NS

ICU mortality

95 (32)

24 (28)

1.05 [0.56–1.95]

NS

18 (33)

6 (21)

0.14 [0.45–4.65]

NS

Hospital mortality

99 (34)

26 (30)

1.11 [0.60–2.05]

NS

19 (34)

7 (24)

1.23 [0.38–3.90]

NS

  1. HAI Hospital-acquired postoperative intra-abdominal infection, nS-HAI infection without staphylococci peritoneal cultures, S-HAI infection with staphylococci peritoneal cultures, ICU intensive care unit, OR odds ratio, aOR odds ratio adjusted to age, sex, and SOFA score at the time of reoperation; adequacy of empirical anti-infective therapy; and the year of inclusion, CI confidence interval, NS non-significant;
  2. *p < 0.05 between the nS-HAI and S-HAI groups.
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