Journal article
Bacteraemic urinary tract infection: management and outcomes in young infants
Archives of disease in childhood, Vol.101(2), pp.125-130
02/2016
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307997
PMID: 26177657
Abstract
ObjectivesTo determine predictors of parenteral antibiotic duration and the association between parenteral treatment duration and relapses in infants <3 months with bacteraemic urinary tract infection (UTI).DesignMulticentre retrospective cohort study.SettingEleven healthcare institutions across the USA.PatientsInfants <3 months of age with bacteraemic UTI, defined as the same pathogenic organism isolated from blood and urine.Main outcome measuresDuration of parenteral antibiotic therapy, relapsed UTI within 30 days.ResultsThe mean (±SD) duration of parenteral antibiotics for the 251 included infants was 7.8 days (±4 days), with considerable variability between institutions (mean range 5.5–12 days). Independent predictors of the duration of parenteral antibiotic therapy included (coefficient, 95% CI): age (−0.2 days, −0.3 days to −0.08 days, for each week older), year treated (−0.2 days, −0.4 to −0.03 days for each subsequent calendar year), male gender (0.9 days, 0.01 to 1.8 days), a positive repeat blood culture during acute treatment (3.5 days, 1.2–5.9 days) and a non-Escherichia coli organism (2.2 days, 0.8–3.6 days). No infants had a relapsed bacteraemic UTI. Six infants (2.4%) had a relapsed UTI (without bacteraemia). The duration of parenteral antibiotics did not differ between infants with and without a relapse (8.2 vs 7.8 days, p=0.81).ConclusionsParenteral antibiotic treatment duration in young infants with bacteraemic UTI was variable and only minimally explained by measurable patient factors. Relapses were rare and were not associated with treatment duration. Shorter parenteral courses may be appropriate in some infants.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Bacteraemic urinary tract infection: management and outcomes in young infants
- Creators
- Alan R Schroeder - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USAMark W Shen - Department of Pediatrics, Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USAEric A Biondi - Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USAMichael Bendel-Stenzel - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAClifford N Chen - Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USAJason French - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USAVivian Lee - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USARianna C Evans - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia, USAKaren E Jerardi - Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USAMatt Mischler - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Illinois, Peoria, Illinois, USAKelly E Wood - Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, USAPearl W Chang - Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco, California, USAHeidi K Roman - Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USATara L Greenhow - Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco, California, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of disease in childhood, Vol.101(2), pp.125-130
- DOI
- 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307997
- PMID
- 26177657
- ISSN
- 0003-9888
- eISSN
- 1468-2044
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2016
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Hospital Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984093361902771
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