Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients: Mortality and prognostic factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to analyze the mortality and predictors of 30-day mortality among hospitalized patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infection (PAUTI) and the impact of antibiotic treatment on survival.

Methods

Patients admitted to our hospital with PAUTI or those diagnosed of PAUTI during hospitalization for other disease between September 2012 and September 2014 were included. Repeated episodes from the same patient were excluded. Database with demographic, clinical and laboratory ítems was created. Empirical and definitive antibiotic therapy, antimicrobial resistance and all-cause mortality at 30 and 90 days were included.

Results

62 patients were included, with a mean age of 75 years. 51% were male. Mortality was 17.7% at 30 days

SUBMITTER: Lamas Ferreiro JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5446154 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature