Autor: |
Kyungmin Huh, Doo Ryeon Chung, Young Eun Ha, Jae-Hoon Ko, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee, Sun Young Cho, Cheol-In Kang, Kyong Ran Peck, Jae-Hoon Song |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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Zdroj: |
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 134, Iss , Pp 8-14 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1201-9712 |
DOI: |
10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.411 |
Popis: |
Objectives: It is unclear whether the poor outcome of patients with severe vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection is attributable to vancomycin resistance or to Enterococcus faecium (Efm), which predominates among VRE. Methods: Retrospective study of a prospectively identified cohort from nationwide surveillance. A cohort of consecutive, nonduplicate episodes of monomicrobial bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by Efm in 2016 was selected. The primary outcome was all-cause, 30-day, in-hospital mortality. Inverse probability weighting was applied using the propensity score for vancomycin-resistant Efm (VREfm) BSI. Results: A total of 241 Efm BSI episodes were included, of which 59 (24.5%) were VREfm. Patients with VREfm BSI were younger but had similar comorbidities to those with vancomycin-sensitive Efm (VSEfm) BSI. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that younger age, previous piperacillin-tazobactam use, and steroid use were significant risk factors for VREfm BSI, but 30-day in-hospital mortality did not differ significantly between groups (35.6% and 23.6% for VREfm and VSEfm, respectively; odds ratio, 1.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.95-3.37; P = 0.101). However, Cox regression with inverse probability weighting revealed that vancomycin resistance was independently associated with an increased risk of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.18; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-4.62; P = 0.041). Conclusion: In patients with Efm BSI, vancomycin resistance was independently associated with mortality. |
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