Research Article
Clinical Predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Emergency Department
Table 2
Additional characteristics of patients with Pseudomonas bacteremia in the ED including antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the isolates.
| Characteristics | Case (n = 54) |
| Infection type |
| Community-acquired | 76% | Healthcare-associated | 7% | Hospital-acquired | 17% |
| Antimicrobial susceptibility | | Aztreonam | 50% | Ceftazidime | 85% | Cefepime | 83% | Piperacillin-Tazobactam | 81% | Ciprofloxacin | 80% | Amikacin | 96% | Imipenem | 83% | Meropenem | 83% | Colistin
| 100% |
| Multidrug-resistance | 22% | Use of inappropriate antibiotics | 44% | 1-year mortality, no (%)
| 33 (61) |
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