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Incidence of Antibiotic Treatment Failure in Patients with Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia and Community Acquired Pneumonia
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Jo, ão Gonçalves Lopes, Mariana Silva, Gonçalo Alves Nogueira, Rui Marado, Daniela Athayde, Carlos Silva, Dilva Figueiredo, Ana Fortuna, Jorge Carvalho, Armando |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Purpose: Nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) patients are at higher risk of multi-drug resistant infection (MDR) than those with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Recent evidence suggests a single risk factor for MDR does not accurately predict the need for broad-spectrum antibiotics. The goal of this study was to compare the rate antibiotic failure between NHAP and CAP patients. Methods: Demographic characteristics, co-morbidities, clinical and laboratory variables, antibiotic therapy, and mortality data were collected retrospectively for all patients with pneumonia admitted to an Internal Medicine Service between April 2017 and April 2018. Results: In total, 313 of 556 patients had CAP and 243 had NHAP. NHAP patients were older, and were more likely to be dependent, to have recent antibiotic use, and to experience treatment failure (odds ratio (OR) 1.583; 95% CI 1.102–2.276; p = 0.013). In multivariate analysis, patient’s origin did not predict treatment failure (OR 1.083; 95% CI 0.726–1.616; p = 0.696). Discussion: Higher rates of antibiotic failure and mortality in NHAP patients were explained by the presence of other risk factors such as comorbidities, more severe presentation, and age. Admission from a nursing home is not a sufficient condition to start broader-spectrum antibiotics. |
| Ending Page | 44 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| Starting Page | 33 |
| e-ISSN | 20367449 |
| DOI | 10.3390/idr13010006 |
| Journal | Infectious Disease reports |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-01-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Infectious Disease reports Infectious Disease Reports Gerontology Nursing Home-acquired Pneumonia Community-acquired Pneumonia Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Epidemiology Treatment Failure |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |