Analysis of the characteristics of multi-drug resistant acinetobacter baumannii infection in elderly patients with severe respiratory

Abstract

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of multiple drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in respiratory elderly patients. Methods A total of 102 elderly patients infected with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii were enrolled in our hospital from January 2014 to December 2015. At the same time, no multiple drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection elderly patients was selected as a control group.The gender, age, antimicrobial use, white blood cell count, mechanical ventilation time and other differences between the two groups of elderly patients were compared. Results There were significant differences in the days of hospitalization〔(18.7±7.5) d vs.(10.0±2.7)d〕, the time of application of invasive ventilator〔(24.6±10.3) d vs.(11.6±6.9)d〕 and the time of application of antimicrobial agents〔(26.2±13.1) d vs.(8.0±2.6)d〕 (t=19.463、15.436、26.905, all P 0.05). Conclusions Reasonable scientific application of antimicrobial agents, reducing invasive mechanical ventilation time and improving patient immunity can help to reduce the risk of respiratory infection in elderly patients with multiple drug resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii. Key words: Gram-negative bacterial infections; Ventilators, mechanical