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01.10.2015 | Brief Report
Epidemiological characteristics of bloodstream infections in patients with different degrees of liver disease
verfasst von:
Micaela Brandolini, Marta Corbella, Annalisa De Silvestri, Carmine Tinelli, Giulia Albonico, Riccardo Albertini, Serena Ludovisi, Raffaele Bruno, Piero Marone, Lorenzo Minoli, Elena Seminari
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Infection
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Ausgabe 5/2015
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Abstract
Observational retrospective study to evaluate the etiology, the outcome and the risk factors of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in patients with liver disease. One hundred and forty-eight BSIs were diagnosed (infection rate: 0.60 per 100 days of hospital stay), 62 BSIs (41.9 %) were associated with Gram-positive bacteria (infection rate: 0.25 per 100 days of hospital stay) and 80 (54.4 %) with Gram-negative bacteria (infection rate: 0.32 per 100 days of hospital stay). Admission-associated mortality was higher in patients with BSI than in those without BSI (20.6 versus 5.0 %, p < 0.001). Patients with cirrhosis had an increased risk to develop a BSI compared with patients with chronic hepatitis, specifically for Gram-positive (and Staphylococcus spp)-related BSI.