小児ブドウ球菌菌血症の入院費用
Keerthi Anpalagan1,2, Christopher C Blyth1,2,3,4, Jonathan R Carapetis1,2,3
1School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|December 19, 2025
まとめ
小児の黄色ブドウ球菌菌血症(SAB)の入院には、1例あたり平均53,000オーストラリアドル以上の相当な費用がかかります。この経済的負担は、小児におけるS. aureusを標的とした継続的な予防および治療戦略の必要性を強調しています。
科学分野:
- 小児感染症; 健康経済学; 臨床微生物学
背景:
- 黄色ブドウ球菌菌血症(SAB)は、小児敗血症および集中治療室入院の主な原因です。; 世界的に小児SAB入院の経済的影響に関するデータは限られています。; この研究は、オーストラリアの小児におけるSAB入院の費用を調査することにより、知識のギャップに対処します。
研究 の 目的:
- オーストラリアの黄色ブドウ球菌菌血症(SAB)の小児患者の平均入院費用を決定すること。; 院外発症と院内発症SABに基づく費用変動を分析すること。; 小児SAB入院の最初の詳細な経済的評価を提供すること。
主な方法:
- パース小児病院(2017-2018年)におけるSABを有する小児(18歳未満)の入院費用の経済分析。; Invasive S. aureus Infections and Hospitalisations (ISAIAH)コホートからのデータソース。; 95%信頼区間のブートストラップを使用した平均入院費用の計算。
主要な成果:
- 院外発症SABの平均入院費用は患者あたり53,037オーストラリアドルでした。; PCHにおける院外発症SABの年間総費用は1,485,058オーストラリアドルと推定されました。; 院内発症SABは院外発症よりも著しく高コストでした。; 抗生物質感受性は院外発症の費用に影響しませんでした。
結論:
- この研究は、小児SAB入院の最初の詳細な経済分析を発表します。; 小児SABの経済的負担は、抗生物質感受性に関係なく相当なものです。; 黄色ブドウ球菌を標的とした予防および治療戦略は依然として重要です。
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