UNLABELLED The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia, risk factors, and outcome of patients treated at the Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine. MATERIAL AND METHODS All hospitalized patients with blood culture positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa during the 5-year period were included. A retrospective data analysis was performed to evaluate...

BACKGROUND We sought to elaborate the epidemiology and outcomes of adult patients with occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia who were inadvertently discharged from the emergency department (ED) before positive blood culture results were obtained. METHODS Between 2001 and 2010, 759 true occult bacteremia cases were identified, including 65 patients with S. aureus bacteremia. Sixty-two patien...

Sir—In their analysis of clinical outcomes that correlate with enterococcal bacteremia, Caballero-Granado et al. [1] correctly state that, in observational studies, we must account for potential confounding variables to protect against making false inferences of causation. This principle was observed in their analysis of mortality, which incorporated multivariate logistic regression analysis. U...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Patients with hematological malignancies are at increased risk for developing bacteremia. No previous study has investigated the risk and prognostic indicators of bacteremia in such patients using a statistical approach. METHODS A case-control study was performed in 106 patients with hematological malignancies (group A). Two hundred and twelve patients were included a...

Objective In recent years, infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms has become an important issue. However, comparative studies of the bacteremia caused by ESBL Enterobacteriaceae and non-ESBL Enterobacteriaceae are extremely rare in Japan. This study aimed to assess the risk factors and prognosis of patients with bacteremia due to ESBL Escherichia coli (E...

BACKGROUND Serial interventions are often used to reduce the risk of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. To our knowledge, the relative impact of these interventions has not previously been ascertained. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of 4 major infection control interventions using an interrupted time series design to evaluate thei...

BACKGROUND Fusobacterium species (spp.) bacteremia is uncommon and has been associated with a variety of clinical presentations. We conducted a retrospective, population based study to determine the relative proportion of species in this genus causing bacteremia and the risk factors for infection and adverse clinical outcomes. METHODS All cases of Fusobacterium spp. bacteremia detected at a r...

BACKGROUND Burn patients constitute approximately 5% of casualties injured in support of US military operations in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom [OIF]) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom [OEF]). Since the onset of these conflicts, there have been numerous casualties infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria. It is currently unclear if bacteremia with these multidrug-resistant organism...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen. Bacteremia caused by multidrug-resistant A. baumannii (MDRAB) leads to higher mortality and medical cost compared with non-MDRAB bacteremia. We aimed to identify risk factors of multidrug resistance in A. baumannii bacteremia. METHODS A matched case-control study was conducted to compare the differences in ris...

In a Danish population-based case-control study, we examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and risk of community-acquired bacteremia, as well as the contribution of chronic diseases and substance abuse to differences in bacteremia risk. Analyses were based on 4,117 patients aged 30–65 years who were hospitalized with first-time community-acquired bacteremia during 2000–2008...