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Rodríguez-Gascón A, Lloréns-Villar Y, Solinís MÁ, Barrasa H, Canut-Blasco A. Does selective digestive decontamination (SDD) increase antibiotic resistance? Long-term comparison of two intensive care units (with and without SDD) of the same tertiary hospital. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2024:10.1007/s10096-024-04792-0. [PMID: 38460030 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-024-04792-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to to compare the antimicrobial resistance rate and its relationship with the antibiotic consumption in two separate Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of the same hospital, one with and other without selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD). METHODS We performed a retrospective study in the two ICUs of the Araba University Hospital. Trauma and neurosurgical patients are admitted to the SDD-ICU, and general digestive surgery patients go to the no SDD-ICU. From 2014 to 2018 we analyzed the number of isolates, and the bacterial resistance trends of 47 antimicrobial-microorganism combinations. Additionally, antimicrobial consumption was estimated in both ICUs. Resistance rates were also compared with those reported in ENVIN-HELICS Spanish national registry. RESULTS In the ICU with SDD protocol, there was a significant decrease in the resistance of E. coli to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and in the resistance of E. faecalis to high concentration of gentamycin and high concentration of streptomycin. A significant increase of resistance of Staphylococcus coagulasa negative (CoNS) to linezolid in the no SDD-ICU was also detected. Overall, the level of resistance in the SDD-ICU was lower or of the same order than in the ICU without SDD and that reported in the Spanish national registry. CONCLUSIONS SDD had neither a clinically relevant impact on emergence and spread of resistance, nor in the overall systemic antimicrobial use. The patient type rather than the SDD protocol showed to condition the ecology and therefore, the resistance rate in the ICUs.
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- Alicia Rodríguez-Gascón
- Pharmacokinetic, Nanotechnology and Gene Therapy Group (Pharma Nano Gene), Faculty of Pharmacy, Centro de Investigación Lascaray Ikergunea, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01006, Spain.
- Bioaraba, Microbiology, Infectious Disease, Antimicrobial Agents, and Gene Therapy, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain.
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- Hospital Pharmacy Service, Araba University Hospital, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain
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- Pharmacokinetic, Nanotechnology and Gene Therapy Group (Pharma Nano Gene), Faculty of Pharmacy, Centro de Investigación Lascaray Ikergunea, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01006, Spain
- Bioaraba, Microbiology, Infectious Disease, Antimicrobial Agents, and Gene Therapy, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain
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- Bioaraba, Microbiology, Infectious Disease, Antimicrobial Agents, and Gene Therapy, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain
- Intensive Care Unit, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Araba University Hospital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain
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- Bioaraba, Microbiology, Infectious Disease, Antimicrobial Agents, and Gene Therapy, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain
- Microbiology Service, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Araba University Hospital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain
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Lv C, Zhang ZX, Ke L. Early prediction and prevention of infected pancreatic necrosis. World J Gastroenterol 2024; 30:1005-1010. [PMID: 38577189 PMCID: PMC10989483 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i9.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Approximately 20%-30% of patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis develop infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN), a highly morbid and potentially lethal complication. Early identification of patients at high risk of IPN may facilitate appropriate preventive measures to improve clinical outcomes. In the past two decades, several markers and predictive tools have been proposed and evaluated for this purpose. Conventional biomarkers like C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, lymphocyte count, interleukin-6, and interleukin-8, and newly developed biomarkers like angiopoietin-2 all showed significant association with IPN. On the other hand, scoring systems like the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and Pancreatitis Activity Scoring System have also been tested, and the results showed that they may provide better accuracy. For early prevention of IPN, several new therapies were tested, including early enteral nutrition, antibiotics, probiotics, immune enhancement, etc., but the results varied. Taken together, several evidence-supported predictive markers and scoring systems are readily available for predicting IPN. However, effective treatments to reduce the incidence of IPN are still lacking apart from early enteral nutrition. In this editorial, we summarize evidence concerning early prediction and prevention of IPN, providing insights into future practice and study design. A more homogeneous patient population with reliable risk-stratification tools may help find effective treatments to reduce the risk of IPN, thereby achieving individualized treatment.
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- Cheng Lv
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, China
- Research Institute of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Rescue, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, China
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Reizine F, Massart N, Joussellin V, Machut A, Vacheron CH, Savey A, Friggeri A, Lepape A. Association between selective digestive decontamination and decreased rate of acquired candidemia in mechanically ventilated ICU patients: a multicenter nationwide study. Crit Care 2023; 27:494. [PMID: 38104095 PMCID: PMC10724923 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-023-04775-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Candidemia is a high-risk complication among intensive care unit (ICU) patients. While selective digestive decontamination (SDD) has been shown to be effective in preventing ICU-acquired bacterial secondary infection, its effects on ICU-acquired candidemia (ICAC) remain poorly explored. Therefore, we sought to assess the effects of SDD on ICAC. METHOD Using the REA-REZO network, we included adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation for at least 48 h from January 2017 to January 2023. Non-parsimonious propensity score matching with a 1:1 ratio was performed to investigate the association between SDD and the rate of ICAC. RESULTS A total of 94 437 patients receiving at least 48 h of mechanical ventilation were included throughout the study period. Of those, 3 001 were treated with SDD and 651 patients developed ICAC. The propensity score matching included 2 931 patients in the SDD group and in the standard care group. In the matched cohort analysis as well as in the overall population, the rate of ICAC was lower in patients receiving SDD (0.8% versus 0.3%; p = 0.012 and 0.7% versus 0.3%; p = 0.006, respectively). Patients with ICAC had higher mortality rate (48.4% versus 29.8%; p < 0.001). Finally, mortality rates as well as ICU length of stay in the matched populations did not differ according to SDD (31.0% versus 31.1%; p = 0.910 and 9 days [5-18] versus 9 days [5-17]; p = 0.513, respectively). CONCLUSION In this study with a low prevalence of ICAC, SDD was associated with a lower rate of ICAC that did not translate to higher survival.
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- Florian Reizine
- Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier de Vannes, 56000, Vannes, France.
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- Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier de Saint Brieuc, 22000, Saint-Brieuc, France
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- Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier de Vannes, 56000, Vannes, France
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- REA-REZO Infections et Antibiorésistance en Réanimation, Hôpital Henry Gabrielle, 69230, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
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- REA-REZO Infections et Antibiorésistance en Réanimation, Hôpital Henry Gabrielle, 69230, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
- Département d'Anesthésie Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 165 Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69310, Pierre-Bénite, France
- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Institut National de La Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1111, CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5308, École Nationale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, PHE3ID, Villeurbanne, France
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- REA-REZO Infections et Antibiorésistance en Réanimation, Hôpital Henry Gabrielle, 69230, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Institut National de La Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1111, CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5308, École Nationale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, PHE3ID, Villeurbanne, France
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- REA-REZO Infections et Antibiorésistance en Réanimation, Hôpital Henry Gabrielle, 69230, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
- Département d'Anesthésie Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 165 Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69310, Pierre-Bénite, France
- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Institut National de La Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1111, CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5308, École Nationale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, PHE3ID, Villeurbanne, France
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- REA-REZO Infections et Antibiorésistance en Réanimation, Hôpital Henry Gabrielle, 69230, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
- Département d'Anesthésie Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 165 Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69310, Pierre-Bénite, France
- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Institut National de La Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1111, CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5308, École Nationale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, PHE3ID, Villeurbanne, France
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Hurley JC. Establishing the safety of selective digestive decontamination within the ICU population: a bridge too far? Trials 2023; 24:337. [PMID: 37198636 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07356-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Infection prevention interventions within the intensive care unit (ICU) setting, whether studied within quality improvement projects or cluster randomized trials (CRT), are seen as low risk and grounded in an ethical imperative. Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) appears highly effective at preventing ICU infections within randomized concurrent control trials (RCCTs) prompting mega-CRTs with mortality as the primary endpoint. FINDINGS Surprisingly, the summary results of RCCTs versus CRTs differ strikingly, being respectively, a 15-percentage-point versus a zero-percentage-point ICU mortality difference between control versus SDD intervention groups. Multiple other discrepancies are equally puzzling and contrary to both prior expectations and the experience within population-based studies of infection prevention interventions using vaccines. Could spillover effects from SDD conflate the RCCT control group event rate differences and represent population harm? Evidence that SDD is fundamentally safe to concurrent non-recipients in ICU populations is absent. A postulated CRT to realize this, the SDD Herd Effects Estimation Trial (SHEET), would require > 100 ICUs to achieve sufficient statistical power to find a two-percentage-point mortality spillover effect. Moreover, as a potentially harmful population-based intervention, SHEET would pose novel and insurmountable ethical issues including who is the research subject; whether informed consent is required and from whom; whether there is equipoise; the benefit versus the risk; considerations of vulnerable groups; and who should be the gatekeeper? CONCLUSION The basis for the mortality difference between control and intervention groups of SDD studies remains unclear. Several paradoxical results are consistent with a spillover effect that would conflate the inference of benefit originating from RCCTs. Moreover, this spillover effect would constitute to herd peril.
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- James C Hurley
- Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
- Division of Internal Medicine, Grampians Health Services, Ballarat, VIC, Australia.
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Massart N, Reizine F, Fillatre P, Seguin P, La Combe B, Frerou A, Egreteau PY, Hourmant B, Kergoat P, Lorber J, Souchard J, Canet E, Rieul G, Fedun Y, Delbove A, Camus C. Multiple-site decontamination regimen decreases acquired infection incidence in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients. Ann Intensive Care 2022; 12:84. [PMID: 36053369 PMCID: PMC9438389 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-022-01057-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Among strategies that aimed to prevent acquired infections (AIs), selective decontamination regimens have been poorly studied in the COVID-19 setting. We assessed the impact of a multiple-site decontamination (MSD) regimen on the incidence of bloodstream infections (BSI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in COVID-19 patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Methods We performed an ancillary analysis of a multicenter retrospective observational study in 15 ICUs in western France. In addition to standard-care (SC), 3 ICUs used MSD, a variant of selective digestive decontamination, which consists of the administration of topical antibiotics four times daily in the oropharynx and the gastric tube, chlorhexidine body wash and a 5-day nasal mupirocin course. AIs were compared between the 3 ICUs using MSD (MSD group) and the 12 ICUs using SC. Results During study period, 614 of 1158 COVID-19 patients admitted in our ICU were intubated for at least 48 h. Due to missing data in 153 patients, 461 patients were finally included of whom 89 received MSD. There were 34 AIs in the MSD group (2117 patient-days), as compared with 274 AIs in the SC group (8957 patient-days) (p < 0.001). MSD was independently associated with a lower risk of AI (IRR = 0.56 [0.38–0.83]; p = 0.004) (Table 2). When the same model was used for each site of infection, MSD remained independently associated with a lower risk of VAP (IRR = 0.52 [0.33–0.89]; p = 0.005) but not of BSI (IRR = 0.58, [0.25–1.34], p = 0.21). Hospital mortality was lower in the MSD group (16.9% vs 30.1%, p = 0.017). Conclusions In ventilated COVID-19 patients, MSD was independently associated with lower AI incidence. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13613-022-01057-x.
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- Nicolas Massart
- Service de Réanimation, CH de St BRIEUC, 10, rue Marcel Proust, 22000, Saint-Brieuc, France.
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale CHU de Rennes, 2, rue Henri le Guilloux, 35000 , Rennes, France.,Service de Réanimation, CH de Vannes, 20, bd Maurice Guillaudot, 56000, Vannes, France
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- Service de Réanimation, CH de St BRIEUC, 10, rue Marcel Proust, 22000, Saint-Brieuc, France
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- Service de Réanimation Chirugicale, CHU de Rennes, 2, rue Henri le Guilloux, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Service de Réanimation, CH Bretagne SUD, LORIENT, 5 avenue de Choiseul, 56322, Lorient, France
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- Service de Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Malo, 1 rue de la Marne, 35400, Saint-Malo, France
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- Service de Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier de Morlaix, 15 rue de kersaint gilly, 29600, Morlaix, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale CHU de Brest, 2 avenue Foch, 29200, Brest, France
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- Service de Réanimation, CH de QUIMPER, 14bis Avenue Yves Thépot, 29107, Quimper , France
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- Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, CH de Saint-Nazaire, 11 bd Georges Charpak, 44600, Saint-Nazaire, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale CHU de Rennes, 2, rue Henri le Guilloux, 35000 , Rennes, France.,Service de Réanimation, CH de Vannes, 20, bd Maurice Guillaudot, 56000, Vannes, France
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- Service de Réanimation médicale, CHU de nantes, 1 place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093, Nantes , France
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- Service de Réanimation, CH de Vannes, 20, bd Maurice Guillaudot, 56000, Vannes, France
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- Service de Réanimation, CH de Vannes, 20, bd Maurice Guillaudot, 56000, Vannes, France
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- Service de Réanimation, CH de Vannes, 20, bd Maurice Guillaudot, 56000, Vannes, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale CHU de Rennes, 2, rue Henri le Guilloux, 35000 , Rennes, France
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Hurley JC. Candida and the Gram-positive trio: testing the vibe in the ICU patient microbiome using structural equation modelling of literature derived data. Emerg Themes Epidemiol 2022; 19:7. [PMID: 35982466 DOI: 10.1186/s12982-022-00116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Whether Candida interacts with Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase negative Staphylococci (CNS) and Enterococci, to enhance their invasive potential from the microbiome of ICU patients remains unclear. Several effective anti-septic, antibiotic, anti-fungal, and non-decontamination based interventions studied for prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and other ICU acquired infections among patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) are known to variably impact Candida colonization. The collective observations within control and intervention groups from numerous ICU infection prevention studies enables tests of these postulated microbial interactions in the clinical context. Methods Four candidate generalized structural equation models (GSEM), each with Staphylococcus aureus, CNS and Enterococci colonization, defined as latent variables, were confronted with blood culture and respiratory tract isolate data derived from 460 groups of ICU patients receiving prolonged MV from 283 infection prevention studies. Results Introducing interaction terms between Candida colonization and each of S aureus (coefficient + 0.40; 95% confidence interval + 0.24 to + 0.55), CNS (+ 0.68; + 0.34 to + 1.0) and Enterococcal (+ 0.56; + 0.33 to + 0.79) colonization (all as latent variables) improved the fit for each model. The magnitude and significance level of the interaction terms were similar to the positive associations between exposure to topical antibiotic prophylaxis (TAP) on Enterococcal (+ 0.51; + 0.12 to + 0.89) and Candida colonization (+ 0.98; + 0.35 to + 1.61) versus the negative association of TAP with S aureus (− 0.45; − 0.70 to − 0.20) colonization and the negative association of anti-fungal exposure and Candida colonization (− 1.41; − 1.6 to − 0.72). Conclusions GSEM modelling of published ICU infection prevention data enables the postulated interactions between Candida and Gram-positive bacteria to be tested using clinically derived data. The optimal model implies interactions occurring in the human microbiome facilitating bacterial invasion and infection. This interaction might also account for the paradoxically high bacteremia incidences among studies of TAP in ICU patients. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12982-022-00116-9. GSEM modelling of published ICU infection prevention data from > 250 studies enables a test of and provides support to the interaction between Candida and Gram-positive bacteria. The various ICU infection prevention interventions may each broadly impact the patient microbiome.
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Hurley JC. Selective digestive decontamination, a seemingly effective regimen with individual benefit or a flawed concept with population harm? Crit Care 2021; 25:323. [PMID: 34470654 PMCID: PMC8408564 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03744-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) regimens, variously constituted with topical antibiotic prophylaxis (TAP) and protocolized parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis (PPAP), appear highly effective for preventing ICU-acquired infections but only within randomized concurrent control trials (RCCT's). Confusingly, SDD is also a concept which, if true, implies population benefit. The SDD concept can finally be reified in humans using the broad accumulated evidence base, including studies of TAP and PPAP that used non-concurrent controls (NCC), as a natural experiment. However, this test implicates overall population harm with higher event rates associated with SDD use within the ICU context.
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- James C Hurley
- Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. .,Division of Internal Medicine, Ballarat Health Services, PO Box 577, Ballarat, VIC, 3353, Australia.
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Bar-Yoseph H, Lulu C, Shklar S, Korytny A, Even Dar R, Daoud H, Hussein K, Bar-Lavie Y, Jabareen A, Geffen Y, Paul M. Efficacy of a hospital policy of selective digestive decontamination for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales carriers: prospective before-after study. J Hosp Infect 2020; 106:495-499. [PMID: 32798640 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A single-centre interrupted time series quasi-experimental study was undertaken to assess whether a hospital policy of selective digestive decontamination (SDD, gentamicin/amikacin with neomycin) administered to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) carriers would reduce the duration of carriage and contain the spread of CRE. No significant difference in time to CRE eradication was observed between the observation (12 months, 120 patients) and intervention (12 months, 101 patients) periods. No change in the trend of new in-hospital CRE acquisitions or bacteraemia during the intervention was detected. As such, administration of SDD to CRE carriers was not effective for the eradication of carriage or controlling in-hospital CRE transmissions.
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- H Bar-Yoseph
- Department of Gastroenterology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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- Department of Internal Medicine H, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine H, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine H, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Division of Infectious Disease, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Pharmacy, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Division of Infectious Disease, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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Hurley JC. Structural equation modeling the "control of gut overgrowth" in the prevention of ICU-acquired Gram-negative infection. Crit Care 2020; 24:189. [PMID: 32366267 PMCID: PMC7199305 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-020-02906-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Conceptually, the "control of gut overgrowth" (COGO) is key in mediating prevention against infection with Gram-negative bacilli by topical antibiotic prophylaxis, a common constituent of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) regimens. However, the relative importance of the other SDD components, enteral and protocolized parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis, versus other methods of infection prevention and versus other contextual exposures cannot be resolved within individual studies. METHODS Seven candidate generalized structural equation models founded on COGO concepts were confronted with Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter bacteremia as well as ventilator-associated pneumonia data derived from > 200 infection prevention studies. The following group-level exposures were included in the models: use and mode of antibiotic prophylaxis, anti-septic and non-decontamination methods of infection prevention; proportion receiving mechanical ventilation; trauma ICU; mean length of ICU stay; and concurrency versus non-concurrency of topical antibiotic prophylaxis study control groups. RESULTS In modeling Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter gut overgrowth as latent variables, anti-septic interventions had the strongest negative effect against Pseudomonas gut overgrowth but no intervention was significantly negative against Acinetobacter gut overgrowth. Strikingly, protocolized parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis and concurrency each have positive effects in the model, enteral antibiotic prophylaxis is neutral, and Acinetobacter bacteremia incidences are high within topical antibiotic prophylaxis studies, moreso with protocolized parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis exposure. Paradoxically, topical antibiotic prophylaxis (moreso with protocolized parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis) appears to provide the strongest summary prevention effects against overall bacteremia and overall VAP. CONCLUSIONS Structural equation modeling of published Gram-negative bacillus infection data enables a test of the COGO concept. Paradoxically, Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas bacteremia incidences are unusually high among studies of topical antibiotic prophylaxis.
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- James C Hurley
- Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
- Internal Medicine Service, Ballarat Health Services, PO Box 577, Ballarat, Victoria, 3353, Australia.
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van Hout D, Janssen AB, Rentenaar RJ, Vlooswijk JPM, Boel CHE, Bonten MJM. The added value of the selective SuperPolymyxin™ medium in detecting rectal carriage of Gram-negative bacteria with acquired colistin resistance in intensive care unit patients receiving selective digestive decontamination. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2020; 39:265-71. [PMID: 31691864 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-019-03718-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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The objective of this study was to determine the value of using SuperPolymyxin™ selective medium (ELITech Group, Puteaux, France) in addition to conventional non-selective inoculation methods in the detection of acquired colistin resistance in a Dutch intensive care unit (ICU) that routinely uses selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD). We performed a cross-sectional study with prospective data collection in a tertiary-care ICU. All consecutive surveillance rectal swabs of ICU-patients receiving SDD were included and cultured in an observer-blinded approach using (1) a conventional culture method using non-selective media and (2) SuperPolymyxin™ selective medium. MIC values for colistin of non-intrinsically colistin-resistant Gram-negative isolates were determined with broth microdilution (BMD) using Sensititre™ and colistin resistance was confirmed using BMD according to EUCAST guidelines. One thousand one hundred five rectal swabs of 428 unique ICU-patients were inoculated using both culture methods, yielding 346 and 84 Gram-negative isolates for BMD testing with the conventional method and SuperPolymyxin™ medium, of which 308 and 80 underwent BMD, respectively. The number of identified rectal carriers of isolates with acquired colistin resistance was 3 (0.7%) for the conventional method, 4 (0.9%) for SuperPolymyxin™, and 5 (1.2%) for both methods combined. The number of isolates with acquired colistin resistance was 4 (1.0%) for the conventional method, 8 (2.1%) for SuperPolymyxin™ and 9 (2.3%) for both methods combined. In a surveillance setting of low prevalence of acquired colistin resistance in patients that receive SDD in a Dutch tertiary-care ICU, SuperPolymyxin™ had a higher diagnostic yield than conventional inoculation methods, but the combination of both had the highest diagnostic yield.
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Rello J, Ramírez-Estrada S, Romero A, Arvaniti K, Koulenti D, Nseir S, Oztoprak N, Bouadma L, Vidaur L, Lagunes L, Peña-López Y. Factors associated with ventilator-associated events: an international multicenter prospective cohort study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2019; 38:1693-1699. [PMID: 31236736 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-019-03596-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A secondary analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort was performed in six intensive care units (ICU) in four European countries (France, Greece, Spain and Turkey). The main objective was to identify factors associated with ventilator-associated events (VAEs) in adults who underwent mechanical ventilation (MV) ≥ 48 h. Secondary objectives were to identify: variables influencing VAE in the subpopulation with endotracheal intubation and in those subjects who were ventilated > 7 days. Subjects who had undergone MV ≥ 48 h were included. In subjects with multiple episodes of MV, only the first one was eligible. The adult definitions for VAEs were adjusted to the 2015 update of the CDC's 2013 National Healthcare Safety Network Association. Factors associated with VAE were estimated through multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis. Among 163 adults (42 tracheostomies), 76 VAEs (34.9 VAEs/1,000 ventilator-days) were documented: 9 were Ventilator-Associated Conditions (VAC) and 67 Infection-related Ventilator-Associated Complications (IVAC)-plus (9 only IVAC and 58 Possible Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia). VAEs developed after a median of 6 days (interquartile range: 4-9). VAEs were independently associated with long-acting sedative/analgesic drugs (Hazard Ratio [HR]: 4.30), selective digestive decontamination (SDD) (HR: 0.38), and surgical/trauma admission (HR: 2.30). Among 116 subjects with endotracheal tube, SDD (HR: 0.21) and surgical/trauma admission (HR: 3.11) remained associated with VAE. Among 102 subjects ventilated >7 days, only long-acting sedative/analgesic agents (HR: 8.69) remained independently associated with VAE. In summary, SDD implementation and long-acting analgesic/sedative agents restriction prescription may prevent early and late VAEs, respectively. Bundles developed to prevent VAEs should include these two interventions.
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- Jordi Rello
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Ps Vall d'Hebron 119-AMI 14th floor, 08035, Barcelona, Spain.,Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.,European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases-Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP-ESCMID), Basel, Switzerland
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- Intensive Care Department, Clinica Corachan, Barcelona, Spain.,Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Ps Vall d'Hebron 119-AMI 14th floor, 08035, Barcelona, Spain. .,Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
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- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases-Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP-ESCMID), Basel, Switzerland.,Intensive Care Unit, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases-Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP-ESCMID), Basel, Switzerland.,Critical Care Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.,UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.,Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Critical Care Center, Hospital Universitaire Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Clinic, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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- Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU, Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Intensive Care Department, Donostia Univertsitate Ospitalea/CIBERES, Donostia, Spain
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- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases-Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP-ESCMID), Basel, Switzerland.,Intensive Care Department Hospital Especialidades Médicas, San Luís Potosí, Mexico
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- Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.,Paediatric Critical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Vazquez Guillamet C, Kollef MH. Is Zero Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Achievable?: Practical Approaches to Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prevention. Clin Chest Med 2019; 39:809-822. [PMID: 30390751 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2018.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a significant clinical entity with reported incidence rates of 7% to 15%. Given the considerable adverse consequences associated with this infection, VAP prevention became a core measure required in most US hospitals. Many institutions implemented effective VAP prevention bundles that combined head of bed elevation, hand hygiene, chlorhexidine oral care, and subglottic drainage. More recently, spontaneous breathing and awakening trials have consistently been shown to shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation and secondarily reduce the occurrence of VAP. More recent data question the overall positive impact of prevention bundles, including some of their core component interventions.
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- Cristina Vazquez Guillamet
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 2425 Camino de Salud, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 2425 Camino de Salud, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Avenue, Campus Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Sánchez-Ramírez C, Hípola-Escalada S, Cabrera-Santana M, Hernández-Viera MA, Caipe-Balcázar L, Saavedra P, Artiles-Campelo F, Sangil-Monroy N, Lübbe-Vázquez CF, Ruiz-Santana S. Long-term use of selective digestive decontamination in an ICU highly endemic for bacterial resistance. Crit Care 2018; 22:141. [PMID: 29843808 PMCID: PMC5975678 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-018-2057-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We examined whether long-term use of selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD) was effective in reducing intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection and antibiotic consumption while decreasing colistin-, tobramycin-, and most of the antibiotic-resistant colonization rates in a mixed ICU with a high endemic level of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB). METHODS In this cohort study, which was conducted in a 30-bed medical-surgical ICU, clinical outcomes before (1 year, non-SDD group) and after (4 years) implementation of SDD were compared. ICU patients who were expected to require tracheal intubation for > 48 hours were given a standard prophylactic SDD regimen. Oropharyngeal and rectal swabs were obtained on admission and once weekly thereafter. RESULTS ICU-acquired infections occurred in 110 patients in the non-SDD group and in 258 in the SDD group. A significant (P < 0.001) reduction of infections caused by MDRB (risk ratio [RR], 0.31; 95% CI, 0.23-0.41) was found after SDD and was associated with low rates of colistin- and tobramycin-resistant colonization. Colistin- and tobramycin-acquired increasing rate of ICU colonization resistance by 1000 days, adjusted by the rate of resistances at admission, was nonsignificant (0.82; 95% CI, 0.56 to 1.95; 1.13; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.70, respectively). SDD was also a protective factor for ICU-acquired infections caused by MDR gram-negative pathogens and Acinetobacter baumannii in the multivariate analysis. In addition, a significant (P < 0.001) reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) (RR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.32-0.59) and secondary bloodstream infection (BSI) (RR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.24-0.52) was found. A decrease in antibiotic consumption was also observed. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with SDD during 4 years was effective in an ICU setting with a high level of resistance, with clinically relevant reductions of infections caused by MDRB, and with low rates of colistin- and tobramycin-resistant colonization with nonsignificant increasing rate of ICU colonization resistance by 1000 days, adjusted by the rate of resistances at ICU admission. In addition, VAP and secondary BSI rates were significantly lower after SDD. Notably, a decrease in antimicrobial consumption was also observed.
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- Catalina Sánchez-Ramírez
- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Ballena s/n, E-35010 Las Palmas, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Ballena s/n, E-35010 Las Palmas, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Ballena s/n, E-35010 Las Palmas, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Ballena s/n, E-35010 Las Palmas, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Ballena s/n, E-35010 Las Palmas, Spain
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- Mathematics Department, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Ballena s/n, E-35010 Las Palmas, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Ballena s/n, E-35010 Las Palmas, Spain
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Hurley JC. Paradoxical Acinetobacter-associated ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence rates within prevention studies using respiratory tract applications of topical polymyxin: benchmarking the evidence base. J Hosp Infect 2018; 100:105-113. [PMID: 29649555 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Regimens containing topical polymyxin appear to be more effective in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) than other methods. AIM To benchmark the incidence rates of Acinetobacter-associated VAP (AAVAP) within component (control and intervention) groups from concurrent controlled studies of polymyxin compared with studies of various VAP prevention methods other than polymyxin (non-polymyxin studies). METHODS An AAVAP benchmark was derived using data from 77 observational groups without any VAP prevention method under study. Data from 41 non-polymyxin studies provided additional points of reference. The benchmarking was undertaken by meta-regression using generalized estimating equation methods. RESULTS Within 20 studies of topical polymyxin, the mean AAVAP was 4.6% [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.0-6.9] and 3.7% (95% CI 2.0-5.3) for control and intervention groups, respectively. In contrast, the AAVAP benchmark was 1.5% (95% CI 1.2-2.0). In the AAVAP meta-regression model, group origin from a trauma intensive care unit (+0.55; +0.16 to +0.94, P = 0.006) or membership of a polymyxin control group (+0.64; +0.21 to +1.31, P = 0.023), but not membership of a polymyxin intervention group (+0.24; -0.37 to +0.84, P = 0.45), were significant positive correlates. CONCLUSIONS The mean incidence of AAVAP within the control groups of studies of topical polymyxin is more than double the benchmark, whereas the incidence rates within the groups of non-polymyxin studies and, paradoxically, polymyxin intervention groups are more similar to the benchmark. These incidence rates, which are paradoxical in the context of an apparent effect against VAP within controlled trials of topical polymyxin-based interventions, force a re-appraisal.
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- J C Hurley
- Rural Health Academic Centre, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Division of Internal Medicine, Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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Severe burn patients are one subset of critically patients in which the burn injury increases the risk of infection, systemic inflammatory response and sepsis. The infections are usually related to devices and to the burn wound. Most infections, as in other critically ill patients, are preceded by colonization of the digestive tract and the preventative measures include selective digestive decontamination and hygienic measures. Early excision of deep burn wound and appropriate use of topical antimicrobials and dressings are considered of paramount importance in the treatment of burns. Severe burn patients usually have some level of systemic inflammation. The difficulty to differentiate inflammation from sepsis is relevant since therapy differs between patients with and those without sepsis. The delay in prescribing antimicrobials increases morbidity and mortality. Moreover, the widespread use of antibiotics for all such patients is likely to increase antibiotic resistance, and costs. Unfortunately the clinical usefulness of biomarkers for differential diagnosis between inflammation and sepsis has not been yet properly evaluated. Severe burn injury induces physiological response that significantly alters drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. These alterations impact antimicrobials distribution and excretion. Nevertheless the current available literature shows that there is a paucity of information to support routine dose recommendations.
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- F Hidalgo
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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Hurley JC. ICU-acquired candidemia within selective digestive decontamination studies: a meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med 2015; 41:1877-85. [PMID: 26239730 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-4004-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To estimate the direct and indirect (contextual) effects of the factorized constituents of selective digestive decontamination and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SDD/SOD), being topical antibiotic (TA) and protocolized antifungal prophylaxis (PAFP), on ICU-acquired candidemia. METHODS A broad range of ICU candidemia incidence studies were sourced to serve as points of reference. The candidemia incidence was extracted from component (control and intervention) groups decanted from studies of various designs (concurrent or non-concurrent) and whether investigating SDD/SOD versus non-TA methods of ICU infection prevention. The candidemia incidences were summarized in regression models using generalized estimating equation (GEE) methods. Groups derived from observational studies (no prevention method under study) provided an overarching external benchmark candidemia incidence for calibration. RESULTS Within studies investigating SDD/SOD, the mean (and 95% confidence interval) candidemia incidence among concurrent component groups (40 control; 2.4%; 1.7-3.2% and 43 intervention groups; 2.4%; 1.6-3.1%), but not non-concurrent control groups (11 groups; 1.6%; 0.1-2.7%), is higher than that of the benchmark candidemia incidence derived from 54 observational groups (1.5%; 1.2-1.9%). The TA constituent within SDD/SOD has significant direct and indirect (contextual) effects in GEE models even after adjusting for the publication year and the group-wide presence of either candidemia risk factors or PAFP use. CONCLUSION The TA constituent of SDD/SOD is associated with a contextual effect on candidemia incidence which is similar in magnitude to that of the conventional candidemia risk factors and against which PAFP partially attenuates. This increase is inapparent within individual SDD/SOD studies examined in isolation.
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- James C Hurley
- Department of Rural Health, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. .,Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, Australia. .,Infection Control Committees, St John of God Hospital and Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, VIC, Australia. .,Internal Medicine Service, Ballarat Health Services, P.O. Box 577, Ballarat, 3353, Australia.
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