Abbreviations: ARI: acute respiratory illness; OR: odds ratio; CI:
confidence interval.
a Calculated using a generalized estimating equation
accounting for within-patient clustering.
b Calculated using a generalized estimating equation
to control for patient-level covariates [including: number of complex
chronic conditions, ventilator use, race, ethnicity, insurance type],
culture-level covariates [including: age at culture acquisition, time
with tracheostomy at culture acquisition, culture source (tracheostomy
aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavage), department obtained], and to
account for within-patient clustering.
c versus no organism isolation.
d versus no P. aeruginosa isolation.
e versus no S. aureus isolation.