Zhu Yinting,Song Wen,Ren Yalu,et al.Etiological characteristics and clinical outcome of patients with bloodstream infections after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation[J].Journal of Chongqing Medical University,2025,50(12):1751-1756.
Zhu Yinting,Song Wen,Ren Yalu,et al.Etiological characteristics and clinical outcome of patients with bloodstream infections after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation[J].Journal of Chongqing Medical University,2025,50(12):1751-1756. DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.003815.
Etiological characteristics and clinical outcome of patients with bloodstream infections after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
To investigate the etiological characteristics of bloodstream infections(BSIs) in patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(allo-HSCT) and their impact on the clinical outcome of patients.
Methods
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A retrospective cohort study was conducted among the patients,aged >14 years,who underwent allo-HSCT in The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University in 2021-2023,and the patients were analyzed in terms of population characteristics,distribution of pathogenic bacteria for BSIs,resistance to commonly used antibiotics,and 30-day overall survival.
Results
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Among the 1682 patients,129 (7.67%) experienced BSIs after allo-HSCT,with 139 episodes in total. The pathogenic bacteria causing BSIs were Gram-negative bacteria in 98 patients (76.0%),Gram-positive bacteria in 14 patients(10.9%),fungi in 7 patients(5.4%),and multiple microorganisms in 10 patients (7.8%). Among the Gram-negative bacteria,the isolates resistant to ceftriaxone,cefepime,and piperacillin-tazobactam accounted for 86.2%,68.1%,and 77.9%,respectively. The overall drug resistance rates to ciprofloxacin and imipenem were 57.9% and 39.4%,respectively.
Enterococcus
isolates showed a penicillin resistance rate of 93.8%. Eight isolates of
Candida tropicalis
were resistant to fluconazole and were sensitive to both amphotericin B and flucytosine. There was a significant difference in 30-day
overall survival between the patients with BSIs caused by different types of pathogenic bacteria(
P
<
0.001),and the patients with fungal BSIs had a significantly lower 30-day overall survival rate than those with Gram-negative bacteria(
P
<
0.001),Gram-positive bacteria(
P
=0.004),and polymicrobial BSIs(
P
=0.013). Fungal BSIs and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma were associated with the relatively low 30-day overall survival rate in patients.
Conclusion
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This study reveals the etiological characteristics and 30-day overall survival of patients with BSIs after allo-HSCT,which provides strong support for empirical antimicrobial therapy and infection prevention strategies for patients with BSIs after allo-HSCT.
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