Proposed risk factors for infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens in hemodialysis patients hospitalized with pneumonia.
Jae-Uk SongHye Kyeong ParkHyung Koo KangJong Hoo LeePublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2017)
We demonstrated that recent hospitalization and PSI > 147 are risk factors of infection with MDR pathogens in HDAP patients. This simple proposed tool would facilitate more accurate identification of MDR pathogens in these patients.
Keyphrases
- multidrug resistant
- end stage renal disease
- gram negative
- risk factors
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- drug resistant
- escherichia coli
- antimicrobial resistance
- high resolution
- patient reported outcomes
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- patient reported
- mechanical ventilation