TY - JOUR
T1 - Antimicrobial resistance in Hispanic patients hospitalized in San Antonio, TX with community-acquired pneumonia.
AU - Restrepo, Marcos
AU - Velez, Maria I.
AU - Serna, Gloria
AU - Anzueto, Antonio
AU - Mortensen, Eric M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Restrepo is supported by a Department of Veteran Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 new faculty grant and a CTSA Award Number (KL2 RR025766). Dr. Mortensen is supported by Howard Hughes Medical Institute faculty start-up grant 00378-001 and a Department of Veteran Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 new faculty grant. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Limited information is available on the antimicrobial resistance of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) depending on their ethnicity. Our aim was to compare the clinical characteristics, etiology, and microbiological resistance of Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white patients. A retrospective cohort of 601 patients with a diagnosis of CAP included 288 non-Hispanic whites and 313 Hispanics. Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae was more common among Hispanic patients (21.7% vs 0%; P=0.03) but there were no significant differences in macrolide-resistant S pneumoniae, drug-resistant S pneumoniae, or potential or actual multidrug-resistant pathogens (eg, drug-resistant S pneumoniae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas spp., and Acinetobacter spp.). There were no differences among groups in length of hospital stay, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, or 30-day mortality. This study suggests that Hispanic patients with CAP have a higher rate of penicillin-resistant S pneumoniae, but no differences in antimicrobial resistance, 30-day mortality, ICU admission, or length of stay when compared with non-Hispanic white patients.
AB - Limited information is available on the antimicrobial resistance of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) depending on their ethnicity. Our aim was to compare the clinical characteristics, etiology, and microbiological resistance of Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white patients. A retrospective cohort of 601 patients with a diagnosis of CAP included 288 non-Hispanic whites and 313 Hispanics. Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae was more common among Hispanic patients (21.7% vs 0%; P=0.03) but there were no significant differences in macrolide-resistant S pneumoniae, drug-resistant S pneumoniae, or potential or actual multidrug-resistant pathogens (eg, drug-resistant S pneumoniae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas spp., and Acinetobacter spp.). There were no differences among groups in length of hospital stay, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, or 30-day mortality. This study suggests that Hispanic patients with CAP have a higher rate of penicillin-resistant S pneumoniae, but no differences in antimicrobial resistance, 30-day mortality, ICU admission, or length of stay when compared with non-Hispanic white patients.
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U2 - 10.3810/hp.2010.11.347
DO - 10.3810/hp.2010.11.347
M3 - Article
C2 - 21068534
AN - SCOPUS:79952108523
SN - 2154-8331
VL - 38
SP - 108
EP - 113
JO - Hospital practice (1995)
JF - Hospital practice (1995)
IS - 4
ER -