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Yu-Qi Zhou,1,2,* Ding-Yun Feng,1,2,* Wen-Juan Li,1,2 Hai-Ling Yang,1,2 Zhao-Ni Wang,3 Tian-Tuo Zhang,1,2 Zhuang-Gui Chen1,3 1Institute of Respiratory Diseases of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; 3Department of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China *These authors contributed equally to this work Background and purpose: Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality despite advances in antimicrobial therapy. The emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is of major concern. Our aim was to evaluate the risk factors and prognosis of HAP due to MDR-PA infection.Patients and methods: In a retrospective observational study, we collected data on all episodes of HAP caused by PA (PA-HAP) occurring from January 2013 to December 2016. Characteristics of patients with drug-sensitive PA were compared with those with MDR-PA. Data of demographic, underlying conditions, peripheral neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and clinical outcomes were collected and analyzed.Results: One hundred fifty-seven patients with PA-HAP were included, of which 69 (43.9%) patients were diagnosed with MDR-PA infection. There were significant differences between MDR-PA group and non-MDR-PA group on the following variables: initial inappropriate antibiotic therapy (P |
