Patient characteristics (n = 21) | Value |
---|---|
Age (years) | |
 mean | 62 |
 range | 20; 80 |
Sex | |
 male | 16 (76.2%) |
Source of first positive specimen | |
 respiratory tract | 7 (33.3%) |
 urine | 5 (23.8%) |
 screening (rectum) | 5 (23.8%) |
 wound | 2 (9.5%) |
 other | 2 (9.5%) |
Infection/colonization with CPPA | |
 hospital-acquired | 15 (71.4%) |
 community-acquired | 6 (28.6%) |
Day of acquisition during hospital stay (hospital-acquired CPPA only; n = 15) | |
 mean | 19 |
 range | 8; 82 |
Medical centres | |
 tertiary care | 20 (95.2%) |
 secondary care | 1 (4.8%) |
 children hospital | 0 (0%) |
Ward type | |
 ICU | 14 (66.7%) |
 general ward | 7 (33.3%) |
Medical departments | |
 surgery | 11 (52.4%) |
 internal medicine | 8 (38.1%) |
 others | 2 (9.5%) |
Hospital-acquired infection (CDC) | |
 pneumonia | 5 (23.8%) |
 urinary tract | 2 (9.5%) |
 skin infection | 2 (9.5%) |
Antipseudomonal antibiotic therapya | 15 (71.4%) |
Surgerya | 15 (71.4%) |
Nonsurgical interventiona | 19 (90.5%) |
Dialysisa | 6 (28.6%) |
Mechanical ventilationa | 16 (76.2%) |
Woundsa | 15 (71.4%) |
Central linea | 17 (80.1%) |
Urinary cathetera | 18 (85.7%) |