Extraintestinal focal infections in adults with nontyphoid Salmonella bacteraemia: predisposing factors and clinical outcome

. Background.  Nontyphoid Salmonella (NTS) isolates lead to not only self‐limited, acute gastrointestinal infections, but also bacteraemia with or without extraintestinal focal infections (EFIs). The risk factors associated with EFIs in adults with NTS bacteraemia were not clearly elucidated. Method...

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Published in:Journal of internal medicine 2007-01, Vol.261 (1), p.91-100
Main Authors: Chen, P.‐L., Chang, C.‐M., Wu, C.‐J., Ko, N.‐Y., Lee, N.‐Y., Lee, H.‐C., Shih, H.‐I., Lee, C.‐C., Wang, R.‐R., Ko, W.‐C.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aneurysm, Infected - diagnosis
Aneurysm, Infected - drug therapy
Aneurysm, Infected - mortality
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
bacteraemia
Bacteremia - diagnosis
Bacteremia - drug therapy
Bacteremia - mortality
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Epidemiologic Methods
extraintestinal focal infection
Female
Fever - microbiology
Focal Infection - diagnosis
Focal Infection - drug therapy
Focal Infection - mortality
General aspects
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Lung Diseases - diagnosis
Lung Diseases - drug therapy
Lung Diseases - mortality
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
nontyphoid Salmonella
Osteomyelitis - diagnosis
Osteomyelitis - drug therapy
Osteomyelitis - mortality
outcome
Salmonella
Salmonella Infections - diagnosis
Salmonella Infections - drug therapy
Salmonella Infections - mortality
Shock, Septic - diagnosis
Taiwan - epidemiology
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:. Background.  Nontyphoid Salmonella (NTS) isolates lead to not only self‐limited, acute gastrointestinal infections, but also bacteraemia with or without extraintestinal focal infections (EFIs). The risk factors associated with EFIs in adults with NTS bacteraemia were not clearly elucidated. Methods.  In a medical center in southern Taiwan, patients aged ≥18 years with NTS bacteraemia between January 1999 and June 2005 were included for analysis. Results.  Of 129 patients, 51 (39.5%) were complicated with EFIs. The most common EFI was mycotic aneurysm, followed by pleuropulmonary infections and spinal osteomyelitis. Compared to patients with primary bacteraemia, those with EFIs had higher leucocyte counts (P = 0.004) and higher serum levels of C‐reactive protein (P 
ISSN:0954-6820
1365-2796
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01748.x