Open AccessEpidemiology and risk factors for multidrug-resistant bacteria in critically ill patients with liver disease
Author(s) -
Anirban Hom Choudhuri,
Priyanka Khurana,
Partha Sarathi Biswas,
Rajeev Uppal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_749_17
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , hazard ratio , antibiotics , observational study , intensive care unit , liver disease , multiple drug resistance , parenteral nutrition , disease , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , confidence interval , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The critically ill patients with liver disease are vulnerable to infections in both community and hospital settings. The nosocomial infections are often caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. The present observational study was conducted to describe the epidemiology, course, and outcome of MDR bacterial infection and identify the risk factors of such infection in critically ill patients with liver disease.