Journal article
Bloodstream infections caused by Streptococcus anginosus group bacteria: A retrospective analysis of 78 cases at a Japanese tertiary hospital
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, Vol.22(7-8), pp.456-460
07/01/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2016.03.017
PMID: 27142978
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the characteristics of Streptococcus anginosus group (SAG) bacteremia in recent years, we conducted a retrospective cohort study and compared its findings with the data from previous studies.
Methods: All patients with positive blood cultures from May 2005 to September 2014 in a tertiary care center with 925 beds were included.
Results: There were 78 cases of SAG bacteremia (51 cases men; median age, 68 years) during the study period. The most common comorbidities were solid tumors in 32.1% of the patients. The most common infection source was hepatobiliary in one-third of all cases. Other infection sites included the following: intra-abdominal (12.8%), thoracic (10.3%), musculoskeletal (9%), urinary tract (7.7%), soft tissues (7.7%), and cervicofacial (6.4%). Susceptibility to penicillin, clindamycin and erythromycin were 100% (78/78), 95% (70/74) and 85% (39/46), respectively. Surgery along with systemic antibiotic treatment was administered in 53% of the cases. In-hospital mortality was 14.1%.
Conclusion: The clinical sources of the SAG bacteria were diverse, and hepatobiliary infection was the most common source of infection. In more than half of the patients, surgical treatment was performed. Susceptibility to penicillin was 100%, but susceptibility to erythromycin was lower than that reported in previous studies. (C) 2016 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Bloodstream infections caused by Streptococcus anginosus group bacteria: A retrospective analysis of 78 cases at a Japanese tertiary hospital
- Creators
- Hiroyuki Suzuki - Kameda Medical CenterRyota Hase - Japanese Red Cross Narita HospitalYoshihito Otsuka - Kameda Medical CenterNaoto Hosokawa - Kameda Medical Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, Vol.22(7-8), pp.456-460
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jiac.2016.03.017
- PMID
- 27142978
- ISSN
- 1341-321X
- eISSN
- 1437-7780
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359881002771
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