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ArticleTransplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society2021

Bacterial genotype and clinical outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Emily M Eichenberger, Felicia Ruffin, Batu Sharma-Kuinkel, Michael Dagher, Lawrence Park, Celia Kohler, Matthew R Sinclair, Stacey A Maskarinec, Vance G Fowler

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Article in Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  2. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in solid organ transplant recipients.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025
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  4. The association of female sex with management and mortality in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily M EichenbergerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2469-0638
Felicia RuffinDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Batu Sharma-KuinkelDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Michael DagherDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Lawrence ParkDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Celia KohlerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Matthew R SinclairDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Stacey A MaskarinecDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Vance G FowlerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Duke University · US

Funding

Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002554 · NCATS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SVETKEY, LAURA P · 2018 to 2022
$8.2M
Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTGT32AI100851 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ALEXANDER, BARBARA D · 2013 to 2022
$1.8M
Mentoring Patient Oriented Research in Antibiotic-Resistant BacteriaK24AI093969 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FOWLER, VANCE G. · 2011 to 2020
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002554NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI093969NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI100851NIAID NIH HHS T32 -AI100851NIH HHS 1KL2TR002554NIH HHS K24-AI093969
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOutcomes from Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are poorly understood.

methodsThis is a prospective cohort study comparing the bacterial genotype and clinical outcomes of SAB among SOT and non-transplant (non-SOT) recipients from 2005 to 2019. Each subject's initial S. aureus bloodstream isolate was genotyped using spa typing and assigned to a clonal complex.

resultsA total of 103 SOT and 1783 non-SOT recipients with SAB were included. Bacterial genotype did not differ significantly between SOT and non-SOT recipients (p = .4673), including the proportion of SAB caused by USA300 (13.2% vs. 16.0%, p = .2680). Transplant status was not significantly associated with 90-day mortality (18.4% vs. 29.5%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.44, 1.25), but was associated with increased risk for septic shock (50.0% vs. 21.8%; aOR 2.31; 95% CI: 1.48, 3.61) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (21.4% vs. 13.7%; aOR 2.03; 95% CI: 1.22, 3.37), and a significantly lower risk of metastatic complications (33.0% vs. 45.5%; aOR 0.49; 95% CI: 0.32, 0.76). No association was found between bacterial genotype and 90-day mortality (p = .6222) or septic shock (p = .5080) in SOT recipients with SAB.

conclusionsSOT recipients with SAB do not experience greater mortality than non-SOT recipients. The genotype of S. aureus bloodstream isolates in SOT recipients is similar to that of non-SOT recipients, and does not appear to be an important determinant of outcome in SOT recipients with SAB.

Indexed as

BacteremiaOrgan TransplantationStaphylococcal InfectionsGenotypeHumansProspective StudiesStaphylococcus aureusTransplant Recipientsgenotypesolid organ transplantStaphylococcus aureus bacteremia

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PMID34500502
PMCPMC8785702
OpenAlexW3196639193

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