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ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2018

Clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative sepsis among hospitalized patients: Shifting burden of disease?

Nicholas S Britt, David J Ritchie, Marin H Kollef, Carey-Ann D Burnham, Michael J Durkin, Nicholas B Hampton, Scott T Micek

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Article in American journal of infection control, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas S BrittDepartment of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Electronic address: nbritt@ku.edu.
David J RitchieDepartment of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Department of Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO.
Marin H KollefDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Carey-Ann D BurnhamDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Pediatrics, and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Michael J DurkinDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Nicholas B HamptonCenter for Clinical Excellence, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO.
Scott T MicekDepartment of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Department of Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO.
Washington University in St. Louis · USUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy · USBarnes-Jewish Hospital · USBJC HealthCare · US

Funding

Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (KL2) KL2TR002346 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Dominic N Reeds · 2017 to 2026
$14.0M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002346NCEZID CDC HHS U54 CK000609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfections caused by carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli are an emerging public health threat. However, there is a paucity of data examining comparative incidence rates, risk factors, and outcomes in this population.

methodsThis single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted at an urban tertiary-care academic medical center. We included patients admitted from 2012 to 2015 who met the following criteria: i) age ≥ 18 years; and ii) culture positive for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) or carbapenem-resistant non-Enterobacteriaceae (CRNE) from any site. Exclusion criteria were: i) < 2 systemic inflammatory response criteria; ii) cystic fibrosis; and iii) no targeted treatment. We evaluated hospital survival by Cox regression and year-by-year differences in the distribution of cases by the Cochran-Armitage test.

results448 patients were analyzed (CRE, n = 111 [24.8%]; CRNE, n = 337 [75.2%]). CRE sepsis cases increased significantly over the study period (P <.001), driven primarily by increasing incidence of Enterobacter spp. infection (P = .004). No difference was observed in hospital survival between patients with CRE versus CRNE sepsis (hazard ratio [HR], 1.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.83-2.02; P = .285), even after adjusting for confounding factors (adjusted HR, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.62-1.87; P = .799).

conclusionsClinical outcomes did not differ between patients with CRE versus CRNE sepsis. Dramatic increases in CRE, particularly Enterobacter spp., appear to be causing a shift in the burden of clinically significant carbapenem-resistant gram-negative infection.

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InpatientsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsDrug Resistance, BacterialGram-Negative BacteriaGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHumansSepsisAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsCarbapenem resistanceCarbapenem-resistant EnterobacteriaceaeMultidrug resistancePseudomonas aeruginosaSepsis

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PMCPMC6165681
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