title: Clinical predictors for enterococcal bacteraemia in patients with bacteraemic intra-abdominal infections.
abstract: This study was performed to determine clinical predictors for enterococcal bacteraemia among hospitalized patients with suspected sepsis of abdominal origin. Among patients with bacteraemic intra-abdominal infections, 50 patients with enterococcal bacteraemia were compared with 618 patients with Gram-negative bacteraemia. Nosocomial acquisition and recent operation were found to be significantly associated with enterococcal bacteraemia, along with haematological malignancy, percutaneous trans-hepatic biliary drainage, and solid tumour (p < 0.05 for all).
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Cheol-In
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Doo Ryeon
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Kwan Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Kyong Ran
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015415:Biomarkers; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers