Prospective national survey of viridans streptococcal bacteraemia risk factors, antibacterial susceptibility and outcome of 120 episodes

Prospective national survey of viridans streptococcal bacteraemia risk factors, antibacterial susceptibility and outcome of 120 episodes

The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate 120 cases of viridans streptococcal bacteraemia (VSB) in 117 patients in major university hospitals in Slovakia in 2000-2002 (3 y) for antibacterial susceptibility, risk factors and outcome. From 127 episodes, 16 (13%) of VSB were caused by PEN-...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2005, Vol.37 (9), p.637-641
Hauptverfasser: Mrazova, M., Docze, A., Buckova, E., Bucko, L., Kacmarikova, M., Grey, E., Korcova, J., Koprnova, J., Saboova, Z., Beno, P., Karvaj, M., Svetlansky, I., Ondrus, A., Benca, J., Taziarova, M., Rudinsky, B., Krcmery, V.
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Sprache:eng
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Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacteremia - complications
Bacteremia - microbiology
Bacteremia - mortality
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial sepsis
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Erythromycin - pharmacology
Health Surveys
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Penicillin Resistance
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Slovakia
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Streptococcal Infections - complications
Streptococcal Infections - microbiology
Streptococcal Infections - mortality
Streptococcus
Streptococcus viridans
Viridans Streptococci - drug effects
Viridans Streptococci - isolation & purification
Viridans Streptococci - pathogenicity
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate 120 cases of viridans streptococcal bacteraemia (VSB) in 117 patients in major university hospitals in Slovakia in 2000-2002 (3 y) for antibacterial susceptibility, risk factors and outcome. From 127 episodes, 16 (13%) of VSB were caused by PEN-R strains and 13 (10%) by ERY-R strains. 32 cases had cancer as underlying disease (20 haematological), 41 had endocarditis and 35 were elderly (>65 y of age) patients. Concerning mortality, 29 of 127 patients died (24%). There were several risk factors associated with mortality. Solid tumour as underlying disease (p
ISSN:0036-5548
1651-1980
DOI:10.1080/00365540510043266