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Table 2 Treatment factors associated with reduced P. aeruginosa bacterial burden at END of PEx therapies

From: Reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa sputum density during a cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation does not predict clinical response

Factor

ALL

MUC

NON

Value

OR (95% CI)

Value

OR (95% CI)

Value

OR (95% CI)

Value

OR (95% CI)

Value

OR (95% CI)

Value

OR (95% CI)

1-log reduction

2-log reduction

1-log reduction

2-log reduction

1-log reduction

2-log reduction

Antibiotics*

FEP vs other ABx

7/22 vs 61/97

0.51 (0.27-0.95), p = 0.009

6/22 vs 49/97

0.54 (0.26-1.08), p = 0.06

13/20 vs 61/81

0.86 (0.61-1.22), p = 0.40

7/20 vs 49/81

0.57 (0.31-1.00), p = 0.05

9/21 vs 55/89

0.69 (0.41-1.16), p = 0.14

6/21 vs 45/89

0.56 (0.28-1.14), p = 0.08

CAZ vs other ABx

36/56 vs 32/63

1.27 (0.93-1.73), p = 0.19

29/56 vs 26/63

1.25 (0.85-1.85), p = 0.27

36/49 vs 38/52

1.00 (0.8-1.27), p = 1.0

32/49 vs 24/52

1.41 (0.99-2.02), p = 0.08

34/50 vs 30/60,

1.36 (0.99-1.86), p = 0.07

27/50 vs 24/60

1.35 (0.90-2.01, p = 0.18

Treatment parameters*

<14 vs ≥14 days

32/68 vs 29/52

0.84 (0.6-1.2), p = 0.36

23/55 vs 38/65

0.7 (0.5-1.24), p = 0.09

38/74 vs 13/28

1.1 (0.7-1.74), p = 0.8

25/56 vs 26/46

0.78 (0.53-1.16),p = 0.3

30/64 vs 28/46

0.77 (0.54-1.1), p = 0.17

20/51 vs 38/59

0.6 (0.41-0.9), p = 0.01

  1. *Other antibiotics including aztreonam, meropenem, ciprofloxacin and dosing of tobramycin did not show significance and have not been included.
  2. CAZ = Ceftazidime, FEP = Cefepime, ABx = antibiotics.