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Burden of early-onset candidemia: analysis of culture-positive bloodstream infections from a large U.S. database

Shorr, Andrew F., Gupta, Vikas, Sun, Xiaowu, Johannes, Richard S., Spalding, James, Tabak, Ying P.·2009·Critical Care Medicine

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OBJECTIVES: : To characterize the epidemiology and burden of early-onset, nonnosocomial candidemia. DESIGN: : Retrospective review of Cardinal Health Outcomes Research Database, which comprises all acute care admissions at participating hospitals. SETTING: : A total of 176 acute care hospitals. PATIENTS: : All patients admitted from 2000 through 2005 who had early-onset bloodstream infection, defined as presence of both a positive blood culture drawn within 1 day before or within 48 hrs after hospital admission and an appropriate diagnostic code for infection. INTERVENTION: : None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: : To evaluate the impact of different pathogens on clinical and economic outcomes, we performed mixed-effect logistic and linear regression analyses and controlled for potential confounding factors. Of 64,307 early-onset bloodstream infections, 738 (1.2%) were positive for Candida. The rate of early-onset candidemia nearly doubled between 2000 and 2003 (p < .001) and then stabilized. Crude in-hospital mortality was higher for candidemia than for bacterial bloodstream infection (28.3% vs. 15.0%; p < .0001). Compared with patients with bacterial bloodstream infections, patients with candidemia were more likely to have been admitted within 30 days and to have been transferred from another healthcare facility. Compared with Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection and after controlling for other risk factors, candidemia was associated with increased mortality risk (odds ratio, 2.38; 95% confidence interval, 1.94-2.91; p < .0001), longer attributable hospital stay (4.8 days; 95% confidence interval, 4.1-5.5; p < .0001), and higher attributable hospital costs ($12,617; 95% confidence Interval, $10,755-$14,479; p < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: : Early-onset candidemia seems to be a distinct entity, which is increasing in frequency and is associated with increased mortality risk, longer hospital stay, and higher hospital costs relative to bacterial bloodstream infection.

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  • Current rates of Candida bloodstream infection are estimated at 25 to 30 per 100,000 persons.

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Authors
Shorr, A. F., Gupta, V., Sun, X., Johannes, R. S., Spalding, J., & Tabak, Y. P.
Affiliations
  • Astellas Pharma (United States) (US)
  • Cardinal Health (United States) (US)
Venue
Critical Care Medicine
Published
2009-09
Volume
37
Issue
9
Pages
2519-2526
ISSN
0090-3493 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2008234991
Cited by
62
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26
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2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 8
FWCI
5.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Critical Care Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Cardinal Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ocular Infections and Treatments
Keywords
bloodstream infection, Candida, in-hospital mortality, length of hospital stay, hospital costs, bacterial bloodstream infection, acute care hospitals
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Candidiasis, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors, United States, Databases, Factual, Fungemia

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