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Published on: February 17, 2023
Clinical predictors for enterococcal bacteraemia in patients with bacteraemic intra-abdominal infections
Cheol-In Kang1, Doo Ryeon Chung, Kwan Soo Ko
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
This study was performed to determine clinical predictors for enterococcal bacteraemia among hospitalized patients with suspected sepsis of abdominal origin. Among patients with bacteraemic intra-abdominal infections, 50 patients with enterococcal bacteraemia were compared with 618 patients with Gram-negative bacteraemia. Nosocomial acquisition and recent operation were found to be significantly associated with enterococcal bacteraemia, along with haematological malignancy, percutaneous trans-hepatic biliary drainage, and solid tumour (p < 0.05 for all).
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