Risk factors for mortality in intensive care unit patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has been increasingly recognized as an opportunistic pathogen associated with high morbidity and mortality. Data on the prognostic factors associated with S. maltophilia pneumonia in patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) are lacking.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of data from 117 patients with S. maltophilia pneumonia admitted to the ICUs of two tertiary referral hospitals in South Korea between January 2011 and December 2022. To assess risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality, multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed.

Results

The median age of the study population was 71 years. Ventilator-associated pneumonia was 76.1% of cases, and the median length of ICU stay before the fir

SUBMITTER: Lee YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10718495 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature