Risk Factors for Catheter-Associated Bacteriuria in a Medical Intensive Care Unit (original) (raw)

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In a prospective study including 137 consecutive catheterised patients in a medical intensive care unit, the following variables were analysed as possible risk factors for catheter-associated bacteriuria, defined as a quantitative culture with ≥105 organisms/ml: age, sex, simplified acute and physiologic score at admission, duration of catheterisation, diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression, neurologic disorders and prior systemic antibiotic exposure during hospitalisation. The frequency of catheter-associated bacteriuria was 30.7%. By multivariate analysis, female sex (odds ratio [OR], 5.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.9–13.5;_P_=0.001) and a duration of catheterisation 1 11 days (OR, 19.4; 95% CI, 5.5–68.7;_P_=0.0001) were risk factors for catheter-associated bacteriuria, and prior antibiotic exposure was a protective factor (OR, 0.06; 95% CI, 0.019–0.21;_P_=0.0001).

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, University Hospital of Besançon, 2 Boulevard Fleming, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France e-mail: christian.cornette@ufc-chu.univ-fcomte.fr Tel.: +33-3-81668303 Fax: +33-3-81668489, , , , , , FR
    E. Tissot, S. Limat & C. Cornette
  2. Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, , , , , , FR
    G. Capellier

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  1. E. Tissot
  2. S. Limat
  3. C. Cornette
  4. G. Capellier

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Tissot, E., Limat, S., Cornette, C. et al. Risk Factors for Catheter-Associated Bacteriuria in a Medical Intensive Care Unit.EJCMID 20, 260–262 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960100480

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