Table 1

Characteristics of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multidrug resistant (n = 52) and non-MDR (n = 140) pathogens*

Characteristics
MDR (n = 52)
Non-MDR (n = 140)
p value

Demographics



Age, years
63 ± 13
58 ± 17
0.07
Male gender
41 (79%)
97 (69%)
0.37
Characteristics before VAP



Charlson index
2 (1 to 3)
1 (0 to 3)
< 0.001
APACHE II upon ICU admission
22 ± 9
20 ± 9
0.37
Coma on ICU admission
6 (12%)
54 (39%)
< 0.001
Shock on ICU admission
20 (38%)
56(40%)
0.87
ARDS before VAP
25 (48%)
29 (21%)
0.001
RRT before VAP
14 (27%)
18 (13%)
0.03
Duration of ventilation before VAP, days
9 (5 to 19)
7 (4 to 13)
0.008
Duration hospitalisation before VAP, days
0 (0 to 6)
0 (0 to 1)
0.001
Antibiotic exposure before VAP



     No antibiotics
6 (11%)
32 (23%)
0.11
     1 antibiotic class
15 (29%)
73 (52%)
0.005
     2 antibiotic classes
13 (25%)
24 (17%)
0.22
     > 2 antibiotic classes
18 (35%)
11 (8%)
< 0.001
SOFA 2 days before VAP
5 (3 to 8)
5 (3 to 8)
0.83
Characteristics of VAP



SOFA at VAP
7 (3 to 10)
6 (4 to 9)
0.27
Delta SOFA
0.6 ± 3.3
0.6 ± 3.5
0.88
VAP with shock
15 (29%)
26 (19%)
0.16
Gram-negative aetiology
40 (77%)
122 (87%)
0.39
     Enterobacteriaceae
28 (54%)
66 (46%)
0.07
     Pseudomonas aeruginosa
11 (21%)
40 (29%)
0.98
     Non-fermenter other than P. aeruginosa
1 (2%)
4 (3%)
0.32
     Other Gram-negative
0
12 (9%)
0.001
Gram-positive aetiology
12 (23%)
18 (13%)
0.39
     Staphylococcus aureus
12 (23%)
13 (9%)
0.14
     Streptococcus pneumoniae
0
5 (3%)
0.01
Appropriate therapy < 24 hours
41 (79%)
122 (87%)
0.16
Appropriate therapy < 48 hours
45 (87%)
133 (95%)
0.05
Subsequent VAP
10 (19%)
24 (17%)
0.83
Outcome parameters:



ICU-length of stay following VAP, days
18 (8 to 37)
15 (8 to 29)
0.34
Died 30 days after VAP diagnosis
19 (37%)
28 (20%)
0.02
Died at ICU
22 (42%)
29 (21%)
0.006
Died in hospital
28 (54%)
41 (29%)
0.001
Discharged to other hospital and lost to follow up
2
3

Referred to chronic health care facility
0
4

Still hospitalised at time of analysis
4
3


*Data are presented as mean ± SD, median (25th to 75th percentile) or number (%).

Delta SOFA: SOFA two days after VAP minus SOFA two days before VAP.

† Other Gram-negative: Haemophilus influenzae in 11, Moraxella catarrhalis in 1.

β-lactam antibiotics (penicillins and cephalosporins), carbapenems, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, glycopeptides and linezolid, other antibiotics (cotrimoxazole, colistin).

APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; MDR, Multidrug-resistant; RRT, Renal Replacement Therapy; SOFA = sequential organ failure assessment; VAP, Ventilator-associated Pneumonia.

Depuydt et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R142   doi:10.1186/cc7119