Risk Factors of Blanco et al for Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on Admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

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Blanco et al identified risk factors for a patient being colonized with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). Being colonized with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter is associated with a worse outcome. The authors are from the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Yale University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Outcome: positive culture for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in perirectal surveillance culture on ICU admission

Risk factors for a patient in the medical ICU:

(1) age >= 65 years of age

(2) less than 2 days in the hospital prior to ICU admission

(3) paralysis

(4) other neurological disorders

(5) exposed to penicillin prior to ICU admission

(6) exposed to an aminoglycoside prior to ICU admission

(7) exposed to carbapenems prior to ICU admission

Risk factors for a patient in the surgical ICU:

(1) 1 or more previous admissions to the same hospital

(2) congestive heart failure

(3) paralysis

(4) HIV/AIDS

(5) rheumatoid arthritis

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Risk Factors of Blanco et al for Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on Admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

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