Risk factors associated with bloodstream infection among patients colonized by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A 7-year observational study in a general hospital

Am J Infect Control. 2020 May;48(5):581-583. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.07.025. Epub 2019 Sep 17.

Abstract

We studied bloodstream infection by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among patients in a medical intensive care unit. Over a 7-year period, 47 of 441 colonized patients developed a bloodstream infection.. Endotracheal intubation (odds ratio [OR], 5.88), ventilator support (OR, 3.70), and central venous catheterization (OR, 3.48) were identified as risk factors.

Keywords: Central-venous catheter insertion; Colonization; Endotrcheal intubation; Number of antibiotics used; Ventilator maintenance day.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / epidemiology*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Female
  • Hospitals, General
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Odds Ratio
  • Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents