Clinical Predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Emergency Department

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of clinical predictors of patients for P. aeruginosa bacteremia in the ED.

Characteristics	Simple logistic analysis		Multiple logistic analysis
	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age			0.9 (0.92-0.99)	0.029
Male, no. (%)	2.8 (1.41-5.52)	0.003
Comorbid conditions, no. (%)
Diabetes mellitus			0.2 (0.07-0.61)	0.004
Solid tumor	2.7 (1.35-5.43)	0.004
Hematologic malignancy	10.9 (1.24-95.96)	0.031
Prior hospitalization within 1 year, no. (%)	3.1 (1.50-6.29)	0.002
Prior surgery within 1 year, no. (%)	3.1 (1.26-7.65)	0.013
Drug exposure within 1 month, no. (%)
Chemotherapy	11.9 (3.77-37.80)	<0.001
Neutropenia	41.1 (5.25-321.99)	<0.001
Primary site of infection
Respiratory tract			6.5 (1.78-24.06)	0.004
Urinary tract			0.06 (0.02-0.18)	<0.001

p<0.05, p<0.01 p<0.001: significant change from baseline values.
CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.