Antimicrobial Agents Administration among Patients with Extensively Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Intensive Care Unit in Tertiary Care: A Hospital-based Study
LC01-LC04
Correspondence
Dr. Somkiattiyos Woradet,
222 Moo 2 Ban Phrao Sub-District, Pa-Phayom District, Phatthalung Province, Thailand.
E-mail: somkiattiyos@tsu.ac.th
Introduction: Infections caused by Extensively Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (XDR-PA) is a medical problem worldwide. In Thailand, the incidence of XDR-PA bacteremia remains and is continuously increasing.
Aim: To investigate an association between antimicrobial agent administration and the treatment of XDR-PA infection among patients admitted in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Materials and Methods: A hospital-based analytic crosssectional study was performed from January 2014 to December 2015. Of these, 47 cases diagnosed with XDR-PA bacteremia infection and 94 controls without XDR-PA infection were enrolled. Data were retrieved and retrospectively reviewed from medical records of the patients hospitalised in the ICU at Roi-Et Hospital, Thailand. Multiple logistic regressions were used and perform to investigate an association between antimicrobial agent administrations for treatment of XDR-PA infection.
Results: Third generation Cephalosporin (OR=1.99; 95%CI: 1.22 to 4.13), Ciprofloxacin (OR=3.40; 95%CI: 1.24 to 9.49) and Carbapenem (OR=4.66; 95%CI: 2.04 to 10.64) were more likely to be administrated for treatment of XDR-PA infection among patients.
Conclusion: Antimicrobial agents associated with the treatment of XDR-PA bacteremia infection among patients were third generation Cephalosporin, Ciprofloxacin and Carbapenem.