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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 92-96 |
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Acinetobacter pneumonia: Is the outcome different from the pneumonias caused by other agents
Ebru Cakir Edis1, Osman N Hatipoglu1, Ozlem Tansel2, Necdet Sut3
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey
2 Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Bacteriology, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey
3 Department of Biostatistics, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Ebru Cakir Edis
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Trakya University Medical Faculty, 22030 Edirne
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.62472
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Background : The principal aim of the present study was to determine whether Acinetobacter spp. pneumonia differs from hospital-acquired pneumonias (HAPs) caused by other agents with respect to therapeutic success and survival rate.
METHODS : This study includes 140 adult patients diagnosed with HAPs caused by identified etiologic agents between March 2005 and February 2006. These patients were divided into two groups according to the agent responsible for their infection (Acinetobacter spp. [n = 63] or non-Acinetobacter spp. [n = 77]). The groups were compared in terms of risk factors, therapeutic success and six-week survival rates.
Results : Previous antibiotic use and the risk of aspiration were independent factors responsible for the development of Acinetobacter spp. pneumonia. Hypoalbuminemia, steroid use and the use of a mechanical ventilator were determined to be mortality-associated independent risk factors for Acinetobacter spp. pneumonia. The clinical success rate at the end of therapy was 41.6% and, at the sixth week, the survival rate was 35% among patients in whom Acinetobacter spp. was the causative agent. Conversely, in the control group, these values were 43 and 32%, respectively ( P > 0.05). We found that the use of the appropriate antibiotics for the treatment of Acinetobacter spp. pneumonia was an important factor in survival ( P < 0.001).
Conclusion : The outcomes of Acinetobacter spp. pneumonia do not differ from HAPs associated with non-Acinetobacter spp. in terms of therapeutic success and survival rates. |
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