Table 3.

Details on the length of hospital stay, the rate of hospital readmission within 100 day after transplant, antibiotic treatment’s characteristics of the first episode of FN, and the frequency of subsequent bloodstream infection in ASCT cohort

LEVO-groupNO-LEVO-groupP value
Duration of hospitalization (d) 19 (15-27) 17 (15-27) .379 
Health care use (rehospitalization within 100 d from transplant) 1 (3.2%)  3 (3.3%)  .999 
Broad-spectrum antibiotics at the onset of the first FN episode   .026 
Ceftazidime 1 (3.7%) 0 (0%)  
Meropenem 4 (14.8%) 7 (9.5%)  
Piperacillin/tazobactam 18 (66.7%) 65 (87.8%)  
Others 4 (14.8%) 2 (2.7%)  
Escalation approach, yes 12 (44.4%) 34 (46.0%) .999 
Days to antibiotic escalation since the onset of the first FN episode 3 (2-3.5) 2 (2-4) .990 
Type of antibiotic escalation    .345 
Vancomycin or daptomycin addition 5 (41.7%) 25 (73.5%)  
Amikacin or gentamycin addition 0 (0%) 0 (0%)  
Escalation to carbapenem 7 (58.3%) 18 (52.9%)  
Duration of antibiotic therapy to treat the first FN episode (d) 9 (7-14) 10 (8-14) .645 
Reason of antibiotic therapy stop   1.000 
Discontinuation (still in aplasia or after engraftment) 24 (96.0%) 66 (94.3%)  
Escalation for a second FN episode 1 (4.0%) 4 (5.7%)  
C difficile infection within 100 d 0 (0%) 2 (2.0%) NA 
ESBL-producing bacteria BSI within 100 d since transplant 0 (0%) 0 (0%) NA 
CR-GNB BSI within 100 d since transplant 0 (0%) 0 (0%) NA 
LEVO-groupNO-LEVO-groupP value
Duration of hospitalization (d) 19 (15-27) 17 (15-27) .379 
Health care use (rehospitalization within 100 d from transplant) 1 (3.2%)  3 (3.3%)  .999 
Broad-spectrum antibiotics at the onset of the first FN episode   .026 
Ceftazidime 1 (3.7%) 0 (0%)  
Meropenem 4 (14.8%) 7 (9.5%)  
Piperacillin/tazobactam 18 (66.7%) 65 (87.8%)  
Others 4 (14.8%) 2 (2.7%)  
Escalation approach, yes 12 (44.4%) 34 (46.0%) .999 
Days to antibiotic escalation since the onset of the first FN episode 3 (2-3.5) 2 (2-4) .990 
Type of antibiotic escalation    .345 
Vancomycin or daptomycin addition 5 (41.7%) 25 (73.5%)  
Amikacin or gentamycin addition 0 (0%) 0 (0%)  
Escalation to carbapenem 7 (58.3%) 18 (52.9%)  
Duration of antibiotic therapy to treat the first FN episode (d) 9 (7-14) 10 (8-14) .645 
Reason of antibiotic therapy stop   1.000 
Discontinuation (still in aplasia or after engraftment) 24 (96.0%) 66 (94.3%)  
Escalation for a second FN episode 1 (4.0%) 4 (5.7%)  
C difficile infection within 100 d 0 (0%) 2 (2.0%) NA 
ESBL-producing bacteria BSI within 100 d since transplant 0 (0%) 0 (0%) NA 
CR-GNB BSI within 100 d since transplant 0 (0%) 0 (0%) NA 

Results reported as median (IQR) or frequency (%); comparisons by Wilcoxon rank-sum test or χ2 or Fisher exact test.

Reasons for rehospitalization: neuromotor rehabilitation 1.

Reasons for rehospitalization: pulmonary complications 2 (1 pneumonia and 1 pulmonary thromboembolism), disease progression 1.

Description of antibiotic escalation in supplemental Table 1.

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