Bacterial Infection as a Complication of Liver Transplantation: Epidemiology and Risk Factors
| Autor: | Alfred L. Baker, Jean C. Emond, David L. George, A. S. Fox, Peter F. Whitington, C. E. Broelsch, J. R. Thistlethwaite, Paul M. Arnow |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors medicine.medical_treatment Peritonitis Liver transplantation Risk Factors Sepsis Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Risk factor Retrospective Studies Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria business.industry Retrospective cohort study Surgical wound Bacterial Infections Liver Transplantation Surgery Transplantation Infectious Diseases Regression Analysis Morbidity Complication business Empiric therapy Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Infectious Diseases. 13:387-396 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 1058-4838 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/clinids/13.3.387 |
| Popis: | A retrospective survey was undertaken to characterize the epidemiology of bacterial infection in 79 patients who underwent 103 operations for orthotopic liver transplantation. Fifty-four patients (68%) developed 115 bacterial infections (1.46 episodes per patient), and seven patients died as a result of these infections. Fifty-three percent of bacterial infections occurred within 2 weeks after transplantation and were designated as early infections. The most common sites of infection were the abdomen (35 cases), the bloodstream (31 cases), and the surgical wound (19 cases). Aerobic enteric gram-negative bacilli were the predominant pathogens, and other pathogenic organisms were enterococci, staphylococci, and Pseudomonas bacteria. Logistic regression analysis identified prolonged duration of surgery (greater than or equal to 8 hours) and an elevated bilirubin level (greater than or equal to 12 mg/dL) as risk factors for early bacterial infection at any site; risk factors for abdominal or wound infection were prolonged duration of surgery, increased operative transfusion requirement (greater than or equal to 2 blood volumes), and prior hepatobiliary surgery. Awareness of the sites, pathogens, and time of onset of bacterial infection provides a basis for improved prophylaxis and empiric therapy. |
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