title: Independent prognostic factors for fatality in patients with urinary tract infection caused by Serratia marcescens.
abstract: In a retrospective study of 329 cases of nosocomial urinary tract infection caused by Serratia marcescens, 16 (4.9%) were fatal. Female gender (OR, 3.9; CI95, 1.3-11.7; P = .014) and secondary S. marcescens bacteremia (OR, 6.5; CI95, 1.5-28.6; P = .013) were independent prognostic factors for fatality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jien-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-Mai
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Yen-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D012706:Serratia marcescens; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*