2025 Volume 64 Issue 5 Pages 651-657
Objective This study explored the prognostic factors of in-hospital mortality in patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, using a Japanese nationwide inpatient database.
Methods We extracted the data of patients with PCP without HIV infection between July 2010 and March 2022 from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. We performed multivariable logistic regression analyses to identify the prognostic factors of in-hospital mortality in with PCP without HIV infection.
Results We identified 1,704 patients with PCP without HIV infection and 404 (23.7%) in-hospital deaths. Higher in-hospital mortality was associated with advanced age, male sex [odds ratio (OR), 1.45; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06-2.00], a low Barthel index score, non-hematological malignancy (OR, 1.81; 95% CI, 1.22-2.70), receipt of mechanical ventilation (OR, 2.49; 95% CI, 1.47-4.21), and administration of antibiotics (OR, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.12-2.06) and antifungal drugs (OR, 1.83; 95% CI, 1.26-2.67). Lower in-hospital mortality was associated with connective tissue disease and vasculitis (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.37-0.81), hematological malignancy (OR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.38-0.93), and early trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment (OR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.44-0.90).
Conclusion These findings will help physicians identify patients who may benefit from early aggressive therapeutic interventions.
