Bacterial profile, and independent predictors for healthcare-associated pneumonia persistently caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria for patients with the preceding multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pneumonia in Taiwan.

J Microbiol Immunol Infect

Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Health Care, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan; Departments of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Published: October 2024

Objectives: To understand the microbial profile and investigate the independent predictors for healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) pertinaciously caused by isolates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (GNB).

Methods: Multicenter ICU patients who received appropriate antibiotic treatments for preceding pneumonia due to MDR GNB isolates and subsequently developed HCAP caused by either MDR GNB (n = 126) or non-MDR GNB (n = 40) isolates in Taiwan between 2018 and 2023 were enrolled. Between the groups of patients with HCAP due to MDR GNB and non-MDR GNB, the proportions of the following variables, including demographic characteristics, important co-morbidities, nursing home residence, physiological severity, intervals between two hospitalizations, steroid use, the tracheostomy tube use alone, ventilator support, and the predominant GNB species involving HCAP, were analyzed using the chi-square test. Logistic regression was employed to explore the independent predictors for HCAP persistently caused by MDR GNB in the aforementioned variables with a P-value of <0.15 in the univariate analysis.

Results: MDR-Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii complex were the three predominant species causing HCAP. Chronic structural lung disorders, diabetes mellitus, intervals of ≤30 days between two hospitalizations, use of the tracheostomy tube alone, and prior pneumonia caused by MDR A. baumannii complex were shown to independently predict the HCAP tenaciously caused by MDR GNB. Conversely, the preceding pneumonia caused by MDR P. aeruginosa was a negative predictor.

Conclusion: Identifying predictors for HCAP persistently caused by MDR GNB is crucial for prescribing appropriate antibiotics.

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