Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Very Low Birthweight Infants With Late-Onset Sepsis in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Autor: Licona G; Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Ballot D; Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Moon TD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Banerjee R; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Amorim G; Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Agthe AG; Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Weitkamp JH; Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2023 Jul 12; Vol. 10 (8), pp. ofad362. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 12 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad362
Abstrakt: Background: An estimated 2.4 million babies died within the first 28 days of life in 2020. The third leading cause of neonatal death continues to be neonatal sepsis. Sepsis-causing bacterial pathogens vary temporally and geographically and, with a rise in multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), pose a threat to the neonatal population.
Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective study of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with late-onset sepsis (LOS) admitted to a neonatal unit in South Africa. We aimed to calculate the prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections in this population. The data collected included demographic and clinical characteristics, length of hospital stay, risk factors for MDRO and mortality, and microbiology results. Logistic regression was used to assess the association between prespecified risk factors with MDR infections and mortality.
Results: Of 2570 VLBW infants admitted, 34% had LOS, of which 33% was caused by MDROs. Infection with Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp., extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Klebsiella spp., or Escherichia coli was associated with the highest mortality in the LOS cohort. Infants with congenital infections (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 5.13; 95% CI, 1.19-22.02; P = .028) or a history of necrotizing enterocolitis (aOR, 2.17; 95% CI, 1.05-4.49; P = .037) were at significantly higher risk for MDR infections.
Conclusions: More than one-third of LOS cases in VLBW infants were caused by MDROs in this study. MDR infections cause substantial neonatal mortality. Antimicrobial stewardship programs, infection control protocols, and ongoing surveillance are needed to prevent further emergence and spread of MDR infections worldwide.
Competing Interests: Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: no reported conflicts.
(© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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