A systematic evaluation of the attributable mortality of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia was undertaken in a matched, retrospective, case-control study. We determined the attributable mortality rate (26.7%) and mortality risk ratio (an 8-fold increase) of S. maltophilia bacteremia. The attributable mortality rate for S. maltophilia bacteremia is similar to the attributable mortality rat...

Molecular analysis of the first blood culture from 41 patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and 20 bacteremia-associated catheter tip isolates revealed indistinguishable blood colonies in 39 patients (95.1%) and two related variants in two patients (4.9%). Polyclonal bacteremia was not observed in any patient, including four with genetic diversity in the catheter tip isolate.

Corynebacterium urealyticum, an infrequent cause of bacteremia, is an emerging pathogen in humans, especially immunocompromised hosts. This report describes a patient with prostate cancer complicated with obstructive nephropathy who developed C. urealyticum bacteremia after placement of a percutaneous nephrostomy tube. The bacteremia was not controlled until the infected nephrostomy tube was re...

INTRODUCTION The interdependence between endotoxemia, gram negative (GN) bacteremia and mortality has been extensively studied. Underlying patient risk and GN bacteremia types are possible confounders of the relationship. METHODS Published studies with ≥ 10 patients in either ICU or non-ICU settings, endotoxemia detection by limulus assay, reporting mortality proportions and ≥ 1 GN bacteremia...

BACKGROUND Cefotaxime plays an important role in the treatment of patients with bacteremia due to Enterobacteriaceae, although cefotaxime resistance is reported to be increasing in association with extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and AmpC β-lactamase (AmpC). METHODS We conducted a case-control study in a Japanese university hospital between 2011 and 2012. We assessed the risk factors and...

By virtue of medical advances and an aging society, people have increased opportunities for healthcare exposure. Little is known about the impact of healthcare exposure on the clinical features and molecular typing of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia. We classified the onset of MSSA bacteremia into 3 mutually exclusive categories according to the Centers for Disea...

Purpose: The correct and early diagnosis of brucellosis is very crucial to decelerate its spread providing fast treatment patients. This study aims develop a predictive model for diagnosing bacteremia in patients based on some hematological biochemical markers without the need blood culture bone marrow investigate importance these predicting bacteremia.
 Materials/Methods: 162 with brucell...

BACKGROUND Despite the frequent occurrence of bacteremia due to gram-negative organisms in patients with underlying permanent pacemakers (PPMs) or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), the outcome and treatment of these patients has received scant attention. In patients with PPMs or ICDs who have Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, 45% have PPM/ICD infection. METHODS We conducted a re...

Background. Nutritionally Variant Streptococci (Abiotrophia and Granulicatella) are found normally in the oropharynx, genitourinary tract, and intestinal tract. NVS are typically associated with endocarditis in immunocompetent patients and bacteremia in immunosuppressed patients. Chemotherapy-induced mucositis and neutropenia have previously been identified as risk factors in cancer patients. I...

Invasion of the blood stream in the course of bacterial infection is a dramatic biological phenomenon, the clinical recognition of which has both diagnostic and prognostic significance. Despite the difficulties inherent in separating a single phase of the struggle between parasite and host from the complex process of the pathogenesis of infection, the peculiar clinical importance of bacteremia ...