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ArticleGMS hygiene and infection control2025

In-hospital mortality from healthcare-associated infection by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a competing risks analysis of a 4-year propensity-matched cohort study in southern China.

Mouqing Zhou, Evangelos I Kritsotakis, Baohua Xu, Zhusheng Guo, Yongfeng Zeng, Bin Zhou, Ralph Brinks, Jiancong Wang

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Mouqing ZhouDepartment of Infection Control, DongGuan SongShan Lake Tungwah Hospital, DongGuan, Guangdong Province, China.
Evangelos I KritsotakisLaboratory of Biostatistics, Division of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Baohua XuDepartment of Science Research, and Education, DongGuan Tungwah Hospital, DongGuan, Guangdong Province, China.
Zhusheng GuoDepartment of Microbiology, DongGuan Tungwah Hospital, DongGuan, Guangdong Province, China.
Yongfeng ZengDepartment of Infection Control, DongGuan Tungwah Hospital, DongGuan, Guangdong Province, China.
Bin ZhouChair of Model-based Environmental Exposure Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
Ralph BrinksChair for Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.
Jiancong WangChair of Model-based Environmental Exposure Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.

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Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) caused by multidrug-resistant Methods: A hospital-wide longitudinal cohort study was conducted using prospectively collected surveillance data from 2018 to 2021. Poisson regression was applied to estimate incidence rate ratios (IRRs). Propensity-score matching and competing risks regression analysis (Fine-Gray model) were employed to estimate subdistribution hazard ratios (sHRs) for in-hospital mortality comparing MDRPa to non-MDRPa infections. Results: Among 562 patients studied (mean age 58 years, 74% male, in-hospital mortality 13.7%), 278 (49%) had an MDRPa HAI and 284 (51%) a non-MDRPa HAI. The incidence rate of MDRPa HAIs increased over time (mean monthly IRR: 1.016, 95% CI: 1.007-1.024). No significant difference in 14-day in-hospital mortality between MDRPa and non-MDRPa HAIs were detected in the propensity-matched doubly-robust analysis (adjusted sHR: 1.07, 95% CI: 0.52-2.19). However, MDRPa HAI was associated with a lower probability of 14-day discharge alive (adjusted sHR: 0.44, 95% CI: 0.31-0.63), resulting in longer hospital stays. Conclusions: The study provided real-world evidence of the clinical burden of MDRPa HAIs in China, highlighting their rising incidence and direct effect on prolonging hospitalisation. The findings underscore the need for antimicrobial stewardship interventions to ensure timely de-escalation and optimised antibiotic therapy.

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antimicrobial stewardshipChinacompeting risk analysisdischarge aliveDongguanhealthcare-associated infectionsincidence densityin-hospital mortalitymultidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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PMCPMC12720264

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