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Table 3 Risk factors for in-hospital mortality in patients with P. aeruginosa nosocomial bloodstream infection.

From: Comparison of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome between monomicrobial and polymicrobial Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial bloodstream infections

VARIABLES

Died (n = 45)

Recovered (n = 53)

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

N

%

N

%

OR

CI 95%

OR

CI 95%

Age >60 years

18

40.0

18

34.0

1.3

0.6–2.9

  

Burn injury

12

26.7

5

9.4

3.5

1.1–10.8

3.2

0.6–18.2

Diabetes mellitus

10

22.2

12

22.6

0.9

0.4–2.5

  

Gastrointestinal complication

6

13.3

14

26.4

0.4

0.1–1.2

  

Neoplasia

11

24.4

9

17.0

1.6

0.6–4.2

  

APACHE II score ≥20 at BSI onset

41

91.1

24

45.3

12.7

3.9–39.5

9.7

1.9–47.9

Charlson score ≥3

17

37.8

10

18.9

2.6

1.0–6.5

2.7

0.7–10.1

Respiratory failure

39

86.7

34

64.2

3.6

1.3–10.1

1.4

0.3–7.2

Cardiovascular failure

26

57.8

11

10.8

5.2

2.1–12.7

2.6

0.7–9.3

Renal failure

25

55.6

14

26.4

3.5

1.5–8.1

1.3

0.4–4.2

Hematologic failure

26

57.8

6

11.3

10.7

3.8–30.2

16.9

3.9–73.2

Hepatic failure

8

17.8

4

7.5

2.6

0.7–9.5

  

Inadequate antibiotic therapy

26

57.8

29

54.7

1.1

0.7–1.7

  

Imipenem resistant P. aeruginosa

16

35.6

10

18.9

2.37

0.9–5.9

  

Polymicrobial infection

8

17.8

13

24.5

0.7

0.2–1.8