Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of predictors for 28-day mortality among patients with bacteraemic pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii.

From: Biofilm formation is not associated with worse outcome in Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemic pneumonia

Characteristic

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Crude OR (95% CI)

p

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p

Biofilm formation strains infection

0.623 (0.361–1.074)

0.088

  

APACHE II score

1.152 (1.109–1195)

<0.001

1.158 (1.113–1.206)

<0.001

Previous ICU admission

2.022 (1.191–3.436)

0.009

2.723 (1.361–5.450)

0.005

Hypertension

0.606 (0.375–0.981)

0.041

0.437 (0.236–0.811)

0.009

Congestive heart failure

0.450 (0.235–0.862)

0.016

  

Cerebrovascular disease

0.470 (0.244–0.903)

0.023

  

Previous antibiotic exposure

1.695 (0.975–2.947)

0.061

  

Multidrug re sistance strains infectiona

1.684 (0.751–3.777)

0.206

  
  1. *APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, ICU = intensive care unit; CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.
  2. aDefinition: resistance to three or more of the following classes of antimicrobial agents: anti-pseudomonal cephalosporins, anti-pseudomonal carbapenems, ampicillin/sulbactam, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides.
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