Variables | All cases | Survivors | Non-survivors | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
( N = 337) | ( N = 174) | ( N = 163) | ||
Pathogens | ||||
Single microbial | 180 (53.4) | 98 (56.3) | 82 (50.3) | 0.269 |
Polymicrobial | 157 (46.6) | 76 (43.7) | 81 (49.7) | |
P. aeruginosa | 76 (22.2) | 32 (18.5) | 44 (27.0) | 0.063 |
MRSA | 49 (14.5) | 18 (10.3) | 31 (19.0) | 0.024 |
K. pneumoniae | 19 (5.6) | 9 (5.2) | 10 (6.1) | 0.702 |
Othersa | 29 (8.6) | 19 (10.9) | 10 (6.1) | 0.118 |
Groups of A. baumannii | ||||
DS | 33 (9.8) | 26 (14.9) | 7 (4.3) | <0.001 |
MDR | 72 (21.4) | 49 (28.2) | 23 (14.1) | |
XDR | 220 (65.3) | 95 (54.6) | 125 (76.7) | |
PDR | 12 (3.6) | 4 (2.3) | 8 (4.9) | |
Antibiotic treatment | 0.110 | |||
Single antibiotic | 120 (36.0) | 69 (40.4) | 51 (31.5) | |
Combined antibiotics | 213 (64.0) | 102 (59.6) | 111 (68.5) | |
Time to start antibiotic | 0.125 | |||
Early (within 24 h) | 307 (91.1) | 163 (93.7) | 144 (88.3) | |
Late (>24 h) | 30 (8.9) | 11 (6.3) | 19 (11.7) | |
Empirical antibiotic treatment | <0.001 | |||
Appropriate | 212 (62.9) | 133 (76.4) | 79 (48.5) | |
Inappropriate | 125 (37.1) | 41 (23.6) | 84 (51.5) |