Objectives: This study analyzed the risk and impact of developing pneumogenic bacteremia in patients with CRAB nosocomial pneumonia in ICU.
Methods: This is multicenter retrospective study. Clinical outcomes were compared between bacteremia and non-bacteremia group, and the risk factors for mortality and developing pneumogenic CRAB bacteremia were analyzed.
Results: After patient recruitment, 164 cases were in the bacteremia group, and 519 cases were in the non-bacteremia group. The bacteremia group had 22.4 percentage of increase in-hospital mortality than the non-bacteremia group (68.3% vs 45.9%, P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed bacteremia was an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality (aHR = 2.399, P < 0.001). A long time-interval between ICU admission and pneumonia onset was an independent risk factor for developing bacteremia (aOR = 1.040, P = < 0.001). Spearman's rank correlation analysis indicated a high correlation between the days from ICU admission to pneumonia onset and the days of ventilator use before pneumonia onset (correlation coefficient (ρ) = 0.777).
Conclusions: In patients with CRAB nosocomial pneumonia, bacteremia increased the in-hospital mortality, and a longer interval from ICU admission to pneumonia onset was an independent risk factor for developing bacteremia, which was highly associated with the use of mechanical ventilation.
Keywords: Bacteremia; Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; Mortality; Nosocomial pneumonia; Risk factor.
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