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Item Open Access Bacteremia in solid organ transplant recipients as compared to immunocompetent patients: Acute phase cytokines and outcomes in a prospective, matched cohort study.(American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2021-06) Eichenberger, Emily M; Ruffin, Felicia; Dagher, Michael; Lerebours, Reginald; Jung, Sin-Ho; Sharma-Kuinkel, Batu; Macintyre, Andrew N; Thaden, Joshua T; Sinclair, Matthew; Hale, Lauren; Kohler, Celia; Palmer, Scott M; Alexander, Barbara D; Fowler, Vance G; Maskarinec, Stacey AWe undertook a prospective, matched cohort study of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) and gram-negative bacteremia (GNB) to compare the characteristics, outcomes, and chemokine and cytokine response in transplant recipients to immunocompetent, nontransplant recipients. Fifty-five transplant recipients (GNB n = 29; SAB n = 26) and 225 nontransplant recipients (GNB n = 114; SAB n = 111) were included for clinical analysis. Transplant GNB had a significantly lower incidence of septic shock than nontransplant GNB (10.3% vs 30.7%, p = .03). Thirty-day mortality did not differ significantly between transplant and nontransplant recipients with GNB (10.3% vs 15.8%, p = .57) or SAB (0.0% vs 11.7%, p = .13). Next, transplant patients were matched 1:1 with nontransplant patients for the chemokine and cytokine analysis. Five cytokines and chemokines were significantly lower in transplant GNB vs nontransplant GNB: IL-2 (median [IQR]: 7.1 pg/ml [7.1, 7.1] vs 32.6 pg/ml [7.1, 88.0]; p = .001), MIP-1β (30.7 pg/ml [30.7, 30.7] vs 243.3 pg/ml [30.7, 344.4]; p = .001), IL-8 (32.0 pg/ml [5.6, 53.1] vs 59.1 pg/ml [39.2, 119.4]; p = .003), IL-15 (12.0 pg/ml [12.0, 12.0] vs 12.0 pg/ml [12.0, 126.7]; p = .03), and IFN-α (5.1 pg/mL [5.1, 5.1] vs 5.1 pg/ml [5.1, 26.3]; p = .04). Regulated upon Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted (RANTES) was higher in transplant SAB vs nontransplant SAB (mean [SD]: 750.2 pg/ml [194.6] vs 656.5 pg/ml [147.6]; p = .046).Item Open Access Increased Costs with Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections Are Primarily Due to Patients with Hospital-Acquired Infections.(Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2016-12-19) Thaden, Joshua T; Li, Yanhong; Ruffin, Felicia; Maskarinec, Stacey A; Hill-Rorie, Jonathan M; Wanda, Lisa C; Reed, Shelby D; Fowler, Vance GThe clinical and economic impact of bloodstream infections (BSI) due to multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram negative bacteria is incompletely understood. From 2009-2015, all adult inpatients with Gram negative BSI at our institution were prospectively enrolled. MDR status was defined as resistance to ≥3 antibiotic classes. Clinical outcomes and inpatient costs associated with the MDR phenotype were identified. Among 891 unique patients with Gram negative BSI, 292 (33%) were infected with MDR bacteria. In an adjusted analysis, only history of Gram negative infection was associated with MDR BSI versus non-MDR BSI (odds ratio 1.60; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.19-2.16; P=0.002). Patients with MDR BSI had increased BSI recurrence (1.7% [5/292] vs 0.2% [1/599]; P=0.02) and longer hospital length of stay (median 10.0 vs.8.0 days; P=0.0005). Unadjusted in-hospital mortality did not significantly differ between MDR (26.4% [77/292]) and non-MDR (21.7% [130/599]) groups (P=0.12). Unadjusted mean costs were 1.62 times higher in MDR versus non-MDR BSI ($59,266 vs. $36,452; P=0.003). This finding persisted after adjustment for patient factors and appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy (means ratio 1.18; 95% CI 1.03-1.36; P=0.01). Adjusted analysis of patient sub-populations revealed that increased cost of MDR BSI occurred primarily among patients with hospital-acquired infections (MDR means ratio 1.41, 95% CI 1.10-1.82, P=0.008). MDR Gram negative BSI are associated with recurrent BSI, longer hospital length of stay, and increased mean inpatient costs. MDR BSI in patients with hospital-acquired infections primarily account for the increased cost.Item Open Access Infective endocarditis and solid organ transplantation: Only worse outcomes during initial transplantation hospitalization.(American heart journal, 2021-10) Eichenberger, Emily M; Dagher, Michael; Sinclair, Matthew R; Maskarinec, Stacey A; Fowler, Vance G; Federspiel, Jerome JBackground
The epidemiology, and outcome of infective endocarditis (IE) among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients is unknown.Methods
We used data from the 2013-2018 Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD). IE- and SOT-associated hospitalizations were identified using diagnosis and procedure codes. Outcomes included inpatient mortality, length of stay, and inpatient costs. Adjusted analyses were performed using weighted regression models.Results
A total of 99,052 IE-associated hospitalizations, corresponding to a weighted national estimate of 193,164, were included for analysis. Of these, 794 (weighted n = 1,574) were associated with transplant history (SOT-IE). Mortality was not significantly different between SOT-IE and non-SOT-IE (17.2% vs. 15.8%, adjusted relative risk [aRR]: 0.86, 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.71, 1.03]), and fewer SOT-IE patients underwent valve repair or replacement than non-SOT-IE (12.5% vs. 16.2%, aRR 0.82, 95% CI [0.71, 0.95]). We then compared outcomes of patients diagnosed with IE during their index transplant hospitalization (index-SOT-IE) to patients without IE during their transplant hospitalization (index-SOT). Index-SOT-IE occurred most frequently among heart transplant recipients (45.1%), and was associated with greater mortality (27.1% vs. 2.3%, aRR 6.07, 95% CI [3.32, 11.11]).Conclusion
Dual diagnosis of SOT and IE was associated with worse outcomes among SOT recipients during index hospitalization, but not overall among patients with IE.Item Open Access Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an overview of basic and clinical research(Nature Reviews Microbiology) Turner, Nicholas A; Sharma-Kuinkel, Batu K; Maskarinec, Stacey A; Eichenberger, Emily M; Shah, Pratik P; Carugati, Manuela; Holland, Thomas L; Fowler, Vance GItem Open Access Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Among Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: Trends in Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes.(American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2021-07-23) Sinclair, Matthew R; Souli, Maria; Ruffin, Felicia; Park, Lawrence P; Dagher, Michael; Eichenberger, Emily M; Maskarinec, Stacey A; Thaden, Joshua T; Mohnasky, Michael; Wyatt, Christina M; Fowler, Vance GRationale & objective
Staphylococcus aureus (Saureus) bacteremia (SAB) is associated with morbidity and mortality in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD). We evaluated changes in clinical and bacterial characteristics, and their associations with clinical outcomes with SAB in this population over a 21-year period.Study design
Prospective cohort study.Setting & participants
453 hospitalized, non-neutropenic adults receiving maintenance HD who developed monomicrobial SAB between 1995 and 2015.Exposure
Clinical characteristics and bacterial genotype.Outcome
All-cause and SAB-attributable mortality, persistent bacteremia, and metastatic complications.Analytical approach
Proportions of participants experiencing each outcome were calculated overall and by calendar year. Secular trends were estimated using binomial risk regression, a generalized linear model with the log link function for a binomial outcome. Associations with outcomes were estimated using logistic regression.Results
Over the 21-year study period, patients receiving maintenance HD experienced significant increases in age- and diabetes-adjusted SAB-attributable mortality (0.45% [95% CI, 0.36%-0.46%] per year), persistent bacteremia (0.86% [95% CI, 0.14%-1.55%] per year), metastatic complications (0.84% [95% CI, 0.11%-1.56%] per year), and infection with the virulent Saureus clone USA300 (1.47% [95% CI, 0.33%-2.52%] per year). Over time, the suspected source of SAB was less likely to be a central venous catheter (-1.32% [95% CI, -2.05 to-0.56%] per year) or arteriovenous graft (-1.08% [95% CI, -1.54 to-0.56] per year), and more likely to be a nonvascular access source (1.89% [95% CI, 1.29%-2.43%] per year). Patients with a nonvascular access suspected source of infection were more likely to die as a result of their S aureus infection (OR, 3.20 [95% CI, 1.36-7.55]). The increase in USA300 infections may have contributed to the observed increase in persistent bacteremia (OR, 2.96 [95% CI, 1.12-7.83]) but did not explain the observed increases in SAB-attributable mortality (OR, 0.83 [95% CI, 0.19-3.61]) or metastatic complications (OR, 1.34 [95% CI, 0.53-3.41]).Limitations
Single-center, inpatient cohort.Conclusions
The clinical and molecular epidemiology of SAB in patients receiving maintenance HD has changed over time, with an increase in SAB-attributable mortality and morbidity despite a decline in catheter-related infections.Item Open Access The Risk of Cardiac Device-Related Infection in Bacteremic Patients Is Species Specific: Results of a 12-Year Prospective Cohort.(Open forum infectious diseases, 2017-01) Maskarinec, Stacey A; Thaden, Joshua T; Cyr, Derek D; Ruffin, Felicia; Souli, Maria; Fowler, Vance GThe species-specific risk of cardiac device-related infection (CDRI) among bacteremic patients is incompletely understood.We conducted a prospective cohort study of hospitalized patients from October 2002 to December 2014 with a cardiac device (CD) and either Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) or Gram-negative bacteremia (GNB). Cardiac devices were defined as either prosthetic heart valves (PHVs), including valvular support rings, permanent pacemakers (PPMs)/automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (AICDs), or left ventricular assist devices (LVADs).During the study period, a total of 284 patients with ≥1 CD developed either SAB (n = 152 patients) or GNB (n = 132 patients). Among the 284 patients, 150 (52.8%) had PPMs/AICDs, 72 (25.4%) had PHVs, 4 (1.4%) had LVADs, and 58 (20.4%) had >1 device present. Overall, 54.6% of patients with SAB and 16.7% of patients with GNB met criteria for definite CDRI (P < .0001). Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that 3 bacterial species were associated with an increased risk for CDRI: Staphylococcus aureus (odds ratio [OR] = 5.57; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.16-14.36), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (OR = 50.28; 95% CI, 4.16-606.93), and Serratia marcescens (OR = 7.75; 95% CI, 1.48-40.48).Risk of CDRI among patients with bacteremia varies by species. Cardiac device-related infection risk is highest in patients with bacteremia due to S aureus, P aeruginosa, or S marcescens. By contrast, it is lower in patients with bacteremia due to other species of Gram-negative bacilli. Patients with a CD who develop bacteremia due to either P aeruginosa or S marcescens should be considered for diagnostic imaging to evaluate for the presence of CDRI.