The epidemiology of recurrent Gram-negative bacteremia in a tertiary-care hospital.
We examined recurrent Gram-negative bacteremia in a prospective cohort from a tertiary hospital. Seventeen (7.1%) of 241 bacteremic patients developed recurrence (median time to recurrence = 44 days; range, 9-217 days). Recurrent and nonrecurrent bacteremic patients did not differ in clinical characteristics and mortality.
Marschall
Jonas
J
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. jmarscha@dom.wustl.edu
Doherty
Joshua
J
Warren
David K
DK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult