Epidemiology and Outcomes of Community-Acquired Escherichia coli Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

E. coli is an under-recognized cause of bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes of community-acquired Escherichia coli pneumonia in comparison with other gram-negative and pneumococcal pneumonias.

Methods

We conducted a large retrospective cohort study of adult patients admitted with pneumonia to 173 US hospitals included in the Premier Research database from July 2010 to June 2015. Patients were included if they had a principal diagnosis code for pneumonia or a principal diagnosis of respiratory failure or sepsis with a secondary diagnosis of pneumonia and had a positive blood or respiratory culture obtained on hospital day 1. The primary outcome was in-ho

SUBMITTER: John TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715844 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature