Are enterococcal bloodstream infections an independent risk factor for a poorer 5-year survival or just a marker for severity of illness?-The Munich multicentric enterococci cohort

IMPORTANCE: The present study provides a substantial contribution to literature, showing that patients with enterococcal bloodstream infections (BSI) have a lower survival rate than those with Escherichia coli (E. coli) bloodstream infections after adjusting for 17 limiting prognostic factors and excluding patients with a limited life expectancy [metastatic tumor disease, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) (greater than or equal to) 5]. This difference in the 5-year long-term survival was mainly driven by Enterococcus faecium (ECFM) bloodstream infections, with vancomycin resistance not being a significant contributing factor. Our findings imply that E. faecium bloodstream infections seem to be an independent risk factor for poor long-term outcomes. As such, future research should confirm this relationship and prioritize investigating its causality through prospective studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Microbiology spectrum - 11(2023), 6 vom: 12. Dez., Seite e0258523

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rothe, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
Bachfischer, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Karapetyan, Siranush [VerfasserIn]
Hapfelmeier, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Wurst, Milena [VerfasserIn]
Gleich, Sabine [VerfasserIn]
Dichtl, Karl [VerfasserIn]
Schmid, Roland M [VerfasserIn]
Triebelhorn, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Wagner, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Erber, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Voit, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Burgkart, Rainer [VerfasserIn]
Obermeier, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Seibold, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
Busch, Dirk H [VerfasserIn]
Rämer, Patrick C [VerfasserIn]
Spinner, Christoph D [VerfasserIn]
Schneider, Jochen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5-year survival
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Disease severity
Enteroccocal bloodstream infections
Enterococcus faecium
Journal Article
Vancomycin resistant Entercoccus faecium

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/spectrum.02585-23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362855250