恒常的なペースメーカーまたはインプラント可能な心臓変容器-除細動器を持つ患者のスタフィロコーカス・オーレウス・バクテレミア
A L Chamis1, G E Peterson, C H Cabell
1Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Circulation
|August 29, 2001
まとめ
心臓器官感染症 (CDI) は,Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) の患者で一般的であり,全体で45.4%に影響しています. 初期のSABは,より高い感染率を示し,しばしば臨床的兆候を示しますが,遅いSABは,より低い割合を示しますが,依然として重要なデバイスの関与があります.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 医療機器技術 医療機器技術について
背景:
- 心臓器官感染症 (CDI) は深刻な合併症です.
- 細菌血症の患者におけるCDIの発生率はよく定義されていません.
- この研究は,心臓器具を患っている患者のStaphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) に焦点を当てています.
研究 の 目的:
- SABを発症するペースメーカーまたはインプラント可能なカーディオバーター-デフィブリレーターを持つ患者におけるCDIの発生率を決定する.
- SABとCDIの開発のタイミングの間の関係を分析する.
- これらの患者におけるCDIの臨床表現を評価する.
主な方法:
- SABと心臓器具の成人患者による6年間の前向きなコホート研究.
- 確認されたおよび可能なCDI症例の評価.
- SAB.の早期 (<1年) と遅い (>=1年) の分析.
主要な成果:
- 総合的に確認されたCDI発生率は45.4% (15/33) であった.
- 初期のSAB (<1年) は,75%のCDI率 (9/12) を有していた.
- 後期SAB (>=1年) は,確認されたCDIの割合は28.5% (6/21) と,可能なCDIの割合は43% (9/21).
- 確認されたCDI症例の60%は,感染の局所的な兆候を示さなかった.
結論:
- SABおよび心臓器具の患者におけるCDIの発生率は高い.
- 身体検査とエコーカルディオグラフィーは,CDIを排除することはできません.
- 初期のSABでは,しばしばデバイスが臨床的徴候を伴う;遅いSABでは,より明らかな局所的徴候は少ないが,依然としてデバイスの関与が顕著である (>28%).
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