Qing Zhang1, Ding Li1, Changsen Bai1, Wenfang Zhang1, Shan Zheng1, Peng Zhang2, Sihe Zhang3. 1. Department of Medical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Huan Hu Xi Road, Ti Yuan Bei, He Xi District, Tianjin, 300060, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Medical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Huan Hu Xi Road, Ti Yuan Bei, He Xi District, Tianjin, 300060, People's Republic of China. laopang@163.com. 3. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300071, People's Republic of China. sihezhang@nankai.edu.cn.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Time to positivity (TTP) has been used in recent years as a simple and rapid method for the additional characterization of the degree of bacteremia. However, prognostic factors for TTP in cancer patients with bloodstream infections have rarely been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical factors for TTP involving various isolated organisms in cancer patients. METHODS: We analyzed 386 episodes of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in patients with or without cancer during a 19 month period. Information on age, gender, tumor type, ICU stay, organisms, multidrug resistance (MDR), TTP and outcome was collected. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. RESULTS: The mean TTP of Enterobacteriaceae in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, gastroenterological cancer, and lung cancer was shorter than in non-cancer patients (9.86 ± 3.22, 10.05 ± 3.47, 8.85 ± 2.78 vs 13.11 ± 5.37 h). The mean TTP of nonfermentative bacilli in patients with lung cancer (12.37 ± 5.96 h) and hematologic diseases (8.72 ± 4.21 h) was also shorter than in non-cancer patients (20.74 ± 2.46 h), and the mean TTP of Staphylococcus isolates was significantly different between non-cancer patients (22.06 ± 3.71 h) and hematologic disease patients (11.93 ± 5.44 h). The presence of a benign tumor was a significant prognostic factor for a long TTP only in the Staphylococci group (OR 0.076, 95 % CI 0.014-0.412), according to multivariate analysis. MDR (OR 2.178, 95 % CI 1.196-4.239) was an independent significant predictor in the Enterobacteriaceae group, with a short TTP, and it was also a significant clinical factor for a long TTP in nonfermentative bacilli and the Staphylococci group (OR 5.037, 95 % CI 1.065-23.82; OR 0.167, 95 % CI 0.059-0.474). CONCLUSION: Time to positivity provides useful diagnostic and prognostic information for the differentiation of frequently isolated organisms. This information may help clinicians to use the correct antibiotics in a timely manner to treat cancer patients with BSIs based on clinical factor analysis.
PURPOSE: Time to positivity (TTP) has been used in recent years as a simple and rapid method for the additional characterization of the degree of bacteremia. However, prognostic factors for TTP in cancerpatients with bloodstream infections have rarely been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical factors for TTP involving various isolated organisms in cancerpatients. METHODS: We analyzed 386 episodes of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in patients with or without cancer during a 19 month period. Information on age, gender, tumor type, ICU stay, organisms, multidrug resistance (MDR), TTP and outcome was collected. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. RESULTS: The mean TTP of Enterobacteriaceae in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, gastroenterological cancer, and lung cancer was shorter than in non-cancerpatients (9.86 ± 3.22, 10.05 ± 3.47, 8.85 ± 2.78 vs 13.11 ± 5.37 h). The mean TTP of nonfermentative bacilli in patients with lung cancer (12.37 ± 5.96 h) and hematologic diseases (8.72 ± 4.21 h) was also shorter than in non-cancerpatients (20.74 ± 2.46 h), and the mean TTP of Staphylococcus isolates was significantly different between non-cancerpatients (22.06 ± 3.71 h) and hematologic diseasepatients (11.93 ± 5.44 h). The presence of a benign tumor was a significant prognostic factor for a long TTP only in the Staphylococci group (OR 0.076, 95 % CI 0.014-0.412), according to multivariate analysis. MDR (OR 2.178, 95 % CI 1.196-4.239) was an independent significant predictor in the Enterobacteriaceae group, with a short TTP, and it was also a significant clinical factor for a long TTP in nonfermentative bacilli and the Staphylococci group (OR 5.037, 95 % CI 1.065-23.82; OR 0.167, 95 % CI 0.059-0.474). CONCLUSION: Time to positivity provides useful diagnostic and prognostic information for the differentiation of frequently isolated organisms. This information may help clinicians to use the correct antibiotics in a timely manner to treat cancerpatients with BSIs based on clinical factor analysis.
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Bloodstream infection; Cancer; Clinical factor; Multidrug resistance; Time to positivity
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