Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia: Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of Factors Influencing the Prognosis in 133 Episodes

One hundred thirty-three consecutive episodes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia were prospectively followed in a university hospital over a 36-month period. The attack rate was 1.8 episodes per 1,000 discharges, and 85% of the episodes were hospital acquired. P. aeruginosa bacteremia represented...

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Published in:Reviews of infectious diseases 1988-05, Vol.10 (3), p.629-635
Main Authors: J. Bisbe, Jose M. Gatell, Jorge Puig, Jose Mallolas, Martinez, Jose A., Maria T. Jimenez de Anta, Eladio Soriano
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Bacteremia
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Cross Infection - complications
Cross Infection - drug therapy
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - mortality
Female
Granulocytes
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
International Notes
Internships
Leukocyte Count
Male
Medical sciences
Metastasis
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas Infections - complications
Pseudomonas Infections - drug therapy
Pseudomonas Infections - epidemiology
Pseudomonas Infections - mortality
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Sepsis - complications
Sepsis - drug therapy
Sepsis - epidemiology
Sepsis - mortality
Septic shock
Shock, Septic - etiology
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Summary:One hundred thirty-three consecutive episodes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia were prospectively followed in a university hospital over a 36-month period. The attack rate was 1.8 episodes per 1,000 discharges, and 85% of the episodes were hospital acquired. P. aeruginosa bacteremia represented 13.6% and 25.6% of the episodes of nosocomial bacteremia and gram-negative nosocomial bacteremia, respectively. The crude mortality rate was 50%. A stepwise logistic regression analysis defined four variables as independently influencing the outcome: development of septic shock (P = .00002), a granulocyte count
ISSN:0162-0886