Risk Factors for Antimicrobial Resistance and Influence of Resistance on Mortality in Patients with Bloodstream Infection Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Published in: Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 68 - 74
• Main Authors: Kang, Cheol-In, Kim, Sung-Han, Park, Wan Beom, Lee, Ki-Deok, Kim, Hong-Bin, Kim, Eui-Chong, Oh, Myoung-Don, Choe, Kang-Won
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mary Ann Liebert, Inc 01.03.2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteremia - mortality; Bacteria; Ciprofloxacin - therapeutic use; Disease; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Imipenem - therapeutic use; Infections; Male; Medical instruments; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas aeruginosa - drug effects; Pseudomonas aeruginosa - isolation & purification; Pseudomonas Infections - drug therapy; Pseudomonas Infections - epidemiology; Pseudomonas Infections - microbiology; Pseudomonas Infections - mortality; Risk Factors

This study was conducted to evaluate risk factors for antimicrobial resistance and influence of resistance on mortality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. Data on 190 patients with P. aeruginosa bacteremia were analyzed retrospectively. Antimicrobial resistance to antipseudomonal antibiotics was...