Open AccessImpact of Baseline Characteristics on Future Episodes of Bloodstream Infections: Multistate Model in Septic Patients With Bloodstream Infections
Author(s) -
M Cristina Vazquez Guillamet,
Rodrigo Vázquez,
Jonas Noe,
Scott T. Micek,
Victoria J. Fraser,
Marin H. Kollef
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz1206
Subject(s) - bacteremia , antibiotics , blood culture , medicine , bloodstream infection , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , biology
Looking only at the index infection, studies have described risk factors for infections caused by resistant bacteria. We hypothesized that septic patients with bloodstream infections may transition across states characterized by different microbiology and that their trajectory is not uniform. We also hypothesized that baseline risk factors may influence subsequent blood culture results.