• 1. Department of Infection Control, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. West China School of Public Health / West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
QIAO Fu, Email: qiaofu2005@scu.edu.cn
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Objective  To explore the overall outcome and its factors of patients with carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection (CRPA-BSI). Methods  A single-center, retrospective cohort study was carried out. The demographic and clinical data of all emergency patients and inpatients in West China Hospital of Sichuan University from 2017 to 2021 were collected. Firstly, the prognosis of patients with CRPA-BSI was compared with those with carbapenem-sensitive Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection (CSPA-BSI). Then Cox regression was used to analyze the factors affecting the prognosis of CRPA-BSI patients. Results  A total of 53 patients with CRPA-BSI and 175 patients with CSPA-BSI were enrolled, and they were 1∶1 matched according to the age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index (aCCI) to control for confounding factors. When aCCI was similar, the incidence of poor prognosis in CRPA-BSI patients was significantly higher than that in CSPA-BSI patients [41.5% vs. 18.9%; relative risk=2.20, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.16, 4.19), P=0.011]. The median length of hospital stay in the CRPA-BSI group was 3 d longer than that in the CSPA-BSI group but the difference was not statistically significant (29 vs. 26 d, P=0.388). With regard to prognostic factors, univariate Cox regression analyses showed that the highest temperature ≤39℃ (P=0.014), hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases (P=0.011), days of central venous catheterization (P=0.025), days of indwelling urinary catheters (P=0.037), adjustment of medication duration according to drug sensitivity results (P=0.015) and Pitt bacteremia score (P=0.007) were related to the poor prognosis of CRPA-BSI patients. Multiple Cox regression analysis showed that hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease [hazard ratio (HR)=3.434, 95%CI (1.271, 9.276), P=0.015] and Pitt bacteremia score [HR=1.264, 95%CI (1.057, 1.510), P=0.010] were independently associated with poor outcome in CRPA-BSI patients. Conclusions  The prognosis of CRPA-BSI patients is worsen than that of CSPA-BSI patients. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases significantly increase the risk of poor outcome in CRPA-BSI patients. Pitt bacteremia score is a predictor of prognosis in patients with CRPA-BSI.

Citation: LI Lin, HUANG Wenzhi, QIAO Fu. Prognosis and influencing factors of bloodstream infection caused by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a cohort study. West China Medical Journal, 2023, 38(3): 352-357. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202302016 Copy

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