TY - JOUR
AU - Soriano,, Eladio
AB - Abstract 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 <500/mm3 (P = .0008), inappropritate antibiotic therapy (P = .0001), and the development of septic metastasis (P = .003). Among them, only the antibiotic treatment is easily amenable to medical intervention in order to improve the prognosis. Consequently, major efforts should focus on prevention and on the development of other therapeutic measures apart from antibiotic treatment. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes Please address requests for reprints to Dr. Jose M. Gatell, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Villaroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. © 1988 by The University of Chicago
TI - Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia: Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of Factors Influencing the Prognosis in 133 Episodes
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/clinids/10.3.629
DA - 1988-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/pseudomonas-aeruginosa-bacteremia-univariate-and-multivariate-analyses-yaO2h0bZSt
SP - 629
EP - 635
VL - 10
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -