Cost Attributable to Nosocomial Bacteremia. Analysis According to Microorganism and Antimicrobial Sensitivity in a University Hospital in Barcelona

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 4; p. e0153076
• Main Authors: Riu, Marta, Chiarello, Pietro, Terradas, Roser, Sala, Maria, Garcia-Alzorriz, Enric, Castells, Xavier, Grau, Santiago, Cots, Francesc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 07.04.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accounting; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antibiotics; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Bacteremia; Bacteremia - economics; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteremia - therapy; Bacteria; Bias; Biology and Life Sciences; Catheters; Causes of; Cost analysis; Costs and Cost Analysis; Criteria; Cross Infection - economics; Cross Infection - microbiology; Cross Infection - therapy; Drug resistance; E coli; Econometrics; Economic aspects; Escherichia coli; Female; Health care costs; Hospitalization - economics; Hospitals; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Klebsiella; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microorganisms; Middle Aged; Mortality; Multidrug resistance; Nosocomial infection; Nosocomial infections; Patients; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Regression analysis; Regression models; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity; Sensitivity analysis; Spain; Staphylococcus aureus; Statistical analysis; Spain

To calculate the incremental cost of nosocomial bacteremia caused by the most common organisms, classified by their antimicrobial susceptibility. We selected patients who developed nosocomial bacteremia caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, or Pseudomonas aerugino...