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3393785

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
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 less than 500/mm3 (P = .0008), inappropriate antibiotic therapy (P = .001), 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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0162-0886
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
629-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia: univariate and multivariate analyses of factors influencing the prognosis in 133 episodes.
pubmed:affiliation
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article