Adjunctive Diagnostic Studies Completed Following Detection of Candidemia in Children : Secondary Analysis of Observed Practice From a Multicenter Cohort Study Conducted by the Pediatric Fungal Network

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BACKGROUND: Adjunctive diagnostic studies (aDS) are recommended to identify occult dissemination in patients with candidemia. Patterns of evaluation with aDS across pediatric settings are unknown.

METHODS: Candidemia episodes were included in a secondary analysis of a multicenter comparative effectiveness study that prospectively enrolled participants age 120 days to 17 years with invasive candidiasis (predominantly candidemia) from 2014 to 2017. Ophthalmologic examination (OE), abdominal imaging (AbdImg), echocardiogram, neuroimaging, and lumbar puncture (LP) were performed per clinician discretion. Adjunctive diagnostic studies performance and positive results were determined per episode, within 30 days from candidemia onset. Associations of aDS performance with episode characteristics were evaluated via mixed-effects logistic regression.

RESULTS: In 662 pediatric candidemia episodes, 490 (74%) underwent AbdImg, 450 (68%) OE, 426 (64%) echocardiogram, 160 (24%) neuroimaging, and 76 (11%) LP; performance of each aDS per episode varied across sites up to 16-fold. Longer durations of candidemia were associated with undergoing OE, AbdImg, and echocardiogram. Immunocompromised status (58% of episodes) was associated with undergoing AbdImg (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.38; 95% confidence intervals [95% CI] 1.51-3.74). Intensive care at candidemia onset (30% of episodes) was associated with undergoing echocardiogram (aOR 2.42; 95% CI 1.51-3.88). Among evaluated episodes, positive OE was reported in 15 (3%), AbdImg in 30 (6%), echocardiogram in 14 (3%), neuroimaging in 9 (6%), and LP in 3 (4%).

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show heterogeneity in practice, with some clinicians performing aDS selectively, potentially influenced by clinical factors. The low frequency of positive results suggests that targeted application of aDS is warranted.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society - 12(2023), 9 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 487-495

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wattier, Rachel L [VerfasserIn]
Bucayu, Robert F T [VerfasserIn]
Boge, Craig L K [VerfasserIn]
Ross, Rachael K [VerfasserIn]
Yildirim, Inci [VerfasserIn]
Zaoutis, Theoklis E [VerfasserIn]
Palazzi, Debra L [VerfasserIn]
Vora, Surabhi B [VerfasserIn]
Castagnola, Elio [VerfasserIn]
Avilés-Robles, Martha [VerfasserIn]
Danziger-Isakov, Lara [VerfasserIn]
Tribble, Alison C [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Tanvi S [VerfasserIn]
Arrieta, Antonio C [VerfasserIn]
Maron, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Berman, David M [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Dwight E [VerfasserIn]
Sung, Lillian [VerfasserIn]
Green, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Roilides, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Belani, Kiran [VerfasserIn]
Romero, José [VerfasserIn]
Soler-Palacin, Pere [VerfasserIn]
López-Medina, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Nolt, Dawn [VerfasserIn]
Bin Hussain, Ibrahim Zaid [VerfasserIn]
Muller, William J [VerfasserIn]
Hauger, Sarmistha B [VerfasserIn]
Halasa, Natasha [VerfasserIn]
Dulek, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Pong, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez, Blanca E [VerfasserIn]
Abzug, Mark J [VerfasserIn]
Carlesse, Fabianne [VerfasserIn]
Huppler, Anna R [VerfasserIn]
Rajan, Sujatha [VerfasserIn]
Aftandilian, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Ardura, Monica I [VerfasserIn]
Chakrabarti, Arunaloke [VerfasserIn]
Hanisch, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Salvatore, Christine M [VerfasserIn]
Klingspor, Lena [VerfasserIn]
Knackstedt, Elizabeth D [VerfasserIn]
Lutsar, Irja [VerfasserIn]
Santolaya, Maria E [VerfasserIn]
Shuster, Sydney [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Sarah K [VerfasserIn]
Steinbach, William J [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Brian T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antifungal Agents
Candidemia
Endocarditis
Endophthalmitis
Invasive candidiasis
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Pediatrics

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Date Completed 29.09.2023

Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jpids/piad057

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360885780