Table 2.
Presenting clinical features of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection and site of infection
| Variable | Total N = 91 n/N (%) |
HAI N = 60 n/N (%) |
IPOA N = 31 n/N (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presenting featuresa | ||||
| Respiratory distress | 34 (37.4) | 23 (38.3) | 11 (35.5) | 0.487 |
| Diarrhoea | 29 (31.9) | 16 (26.7) | 13 (41.9) | 0.107 |
| Wound infection | 23 (25.3) | 18 (30.0) | 5 (16.1) | 0.116 |
| Shock | 13 (14.3) | 4 (6.7) | 9 (29.0) | 0.009 |
| Ecthyma gangrenosum | 3 (3.3) | 1 (1.7) | 2 (6.5) | 0.267 |
| Otitis media | 4 (4.4) | 1 (1.7) | 3 (9.7) | 0.113 |
| Otherb | 7 (7.7) | 3 (5.0) | 4 (12.9) | 0.224 |
| Site of infection | ||||
| No definable focus | 18 (19.8) | 12 (20.0) | 6 (19.4) | 1.000 |
| Pneumonia | 33 (36.3) | 22 (36.7) | 11 (35.5) | 1.000 |
| Gastrointestinal tractc | 7 (7.7) | 3 (5.0) | 4 (12.9) | 0.224 |
| Skin & soft tissue infection | 20 (22.0) | 16 (26.7) | 4 (12.9) | 0.184 |
| Line infection | 8 (8.8) | 6 (10.0) | 2 (6.5) | 0.711 |
| Urosepsis | 4 (4.4) | 1 (1.7) | 3 (9.7) | 0.132 |
HAI Healthcare-associated infection, IPOA Infection present on admission; a, some patients presented with > 1 presenting feature; b, vomiting (2), renal angle tenderness (1), necrotising bowel (1), tachycardia (1), eye discharge (1), acute abdomen (1); c, gastroenteritis (4), acute appendicitis (1), acute peritonitis (2).