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World J Clin Cases. Feb 16, 2026; 14(5): 117981
Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v14.i5.117981
Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v14.i5.117981
Table 1 Age-wise distribution of duration of hospital stay among isolated and non-isolated patients
| Duration of hospital stay (days) | Non-ICU | ICU-isolated | ICU-non-isolated | Total |
| ≤ 7 | 254 | 10 | 42 | 306 |
| 8-14 | 293 | 21 | 52 | 366 |
| 15-21 | 205 | 25 | 52 | 282 |
| 22-28 | 128 | 13 | 36 | 177 |
| 29-42 | 143 | 32 | 67 | 242 |
| 43-60 | 102 | 21 | 29 | 152 |
| > 60 | 34 | 21 | 18 | 73 |
| Total | 1159 | 143 | 296 | 1598 |
Table 2 Relationship between duration of hospital stay and presence of comorbidities
| Range of hospital stay (days) | Presence of comorbidities | |
| Yes | No | |
| ≤ 3 | 30 | 46 |
| 4-10 | 142 | 251 |
| 11-25 | 166 | 438 |
| 26-50 | 94 | 289 |
| 51-100 | 33 | 102 |
| > 100 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 466 | 1132 |
Table 3 Relationship between department of admission and outcome of participants
| Department | Outcome | |||
| Discharge | Death | LAMA | Total | |
| Neurology | 44 | 11 | 4 | 59 |
| Nephrology | 64 | 5 | 1 | 70 |
| Neurosurgery | 126 | 42 | 6 | 174 |
| General surgery | 187 | 42 | 6 | 235 |
| Trauma surgery | 175 | 36 | 10 | 221 |
| Pulmonary medicine | 65 | 27 | 7 | 99 |
| Gastroenterology | 12 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Emergency medicine | 40 | 26 | 18 | 84 |
| Otorhinolaryngeology | 16 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| Internal medicine | 186 | 55 | 19 | 260 |
| Medical hematology-oncology | 73 | 11 | 2 | 86 |
| Surgical oncology | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Pediatrics | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Radiation oncology | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Physical medicine & rehabilitation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cardiology | 25 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Urology | 27 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Burns & plastic surgery | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Obstetrics & gynaecology | 26 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| Dermatology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Endocrinology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Geriatric medicine | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Orthopaedics | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Neonatology | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Surgical gastroenterology | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Radiotherapy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Medicine-intensive care unit | 29 | 30 | 8 | 67 |
| Total | 1175 | 333 | 90 | 1598 |
Table 4 Duration of treatments of various antibiotic classes used
| Class of antibiotic | DOT |
| Aminoglycosides | 1413 |
| Anthelmintic | 71 |
| Antifungal: Antimetabolite | 79 |
| Antifungal: Azole | 804 |
| Antifungal: Echinocandin | 299 |
| Antifungal: Polyene | 449 |
| Antimalarial | 16 |
| Antitubercular drugs | 2455 |
| Antiviral: Direct-acting antivirals | 40 |
| Antiviral: HAART | 189 |
| Antiviral: Neuraminidase inhibitors | 114 |
| Antiviral: NS5 polymerase inhibitors | 92 |
| Antiviral: Nucleoside analogue | 285 |
| Beta lactamase inhibitor | 4452 |
| Carbapenems | 4587 |
| Cephalosporins | 3279 |
| Fluoroquinolones | 1640 |
| Folic acid synthesis Inhibitors | 910 |
| Glycopeptides | 2728 |
| Lincosamides | 604 |
| Macrolide | 562 |
| Monobactam | 169 |
| Nitrofurans | 195 |
| Nitroimidazoles | 1393 |
| Other antibiotics (unknown) | 1465 |
| Oxazolidonones | 1243 |
| Penicillins | 3907 |
| Phosphonates | 64 |
| Polymixins | 2322 |
| Rifamycins | 956 |
| Tetracyclines | 1229 |
- Citation: Pandy P, Singh H, Omar BJ, Kumari D, Panda PK. Clinical outcomes of multidrug-resistant organism infections in a tertiary care hospital in India. World J Clin Cases 2026; 14(5): 117981
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v14/i5/117981.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v14.i5.117981
