Mortality rates associated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in surgical intensive care units

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;29(11):1080-3. doi: 10.1086/591456.

Abstract

A retrospective, propensity-matched cohort study was conducted to determine the mortality rate in patients with healthcare-associated infection (HAI) due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii. The 28-day mortality rate for patients with MDR A. baumannii HAI was not significantly different than that for patients with non-MDR A. baumannii HAI. The median length of hospital stay before diagnosis of HAI was 4.5 days longer for patients with MDR A. baumannii infection than for patients with non-MDR A. baumannii infection (P < .001).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter Infections / mortality*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / physiology*
  • Adult
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / mortality*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies