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Published on: April 17, 2020
Impact of Pre-Operative Occult Bacteremia on Post-Operative Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing
Kosuke Inada1, Yukihiro Yokoyama1,2, Kazushi Miyata1
1Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Purpose:
Occult bacteremia (OB), defined as blood stream micro-organisms confirmed by reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction that target 16S or 23S ribosomal RNA, has been shown to increase the incidence of post-operative infections during pancreaticoduodenectomy. However, its impact on other surgical procedures remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pre-operative OB on post-operative surgical site infection (SSI) during esophageal cancer surgery.
Methods:
In this prospective observational study, 56 patients scheduled for esophagectomy were included. Pre-operative blood samples were tested for OB, and fecal samples were analyzed for microbiota.
Results:
Ten patients (18%) exhibited pre-operative OB. These patients had more frequent SSIs than did those without OB (40% vs. 10.9%, p = 0.044). Other complications or clinical factors did not substantially differ between the OB-positive and OB-negative groups. Fecal samples from OB-positive patients presented a greater prevalence of Atopobium clusters. In addition, the same bacterial species were detected in both the blood and feces of five OB-positive patients, with Collinsella aerofaciens being the most commonly shared species among Atopobium clusters.
Conclusions:
Pre-operative OB increased the risk of SSI following esophagectomy. These findings emphasize the potential role of the gut microbiota, particularly Collinsella aerofaciens, in OB and subsequent infections.
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