Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with streptococcal blood-stream infection in a tertiary hospital in East China,2018-2021
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics,risk factors,treatment and prognosis of strepto-coccal bloodstream infection(BSI).Methods Patients with positive Streptococcus blood culture in a tertiary tea-ching hospital in East China from January 2018 to December 2021 were selected as the research subjects,their clinical medical data were collected,healthcare-associated infection(HAI)and risk factors for prognosis were retrospective-ly analyzed.Results A total of 151 patients with streptococcal BSI were included in the analysis,with an average age of(55.5±17.9)years old,45.70%were>60 years old,male patients accounted for 61.59%,and 89.40%of patients had underlying diseases such as solid tumors,heart valve disease,hepatobiliary diseases,and hypertension.The common risk factors for streptococcal BSI included surgery,immunosuppression,and disruption of skin or mu-cosal integrity(all P<0.05).HAI accounted for 25.17%(n=38);common underlying diseases included hepatobi-liary diseases,solid tumors,hematologic disorders,and hypertension.Patients with HAI had longer hospital stays and higher acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHE Ⅱ scores)compared with patients with community-associated infection(CAI)(all P<0.05).Among the 151 detected bacterial strains,the susceptibility rates of α-hemolytic Streptococcus(n=112,except Streptococcus pneumoniae)to penicillin,levofloxacin,and ceftriaxone were 71.43%,80.38%,and 91.07%,respectively.β-hemolytic Streptococcus(n=29)were 100%susceptible to penicillin;Streptococcus pneumoniae had a susceptibility rate of 50.00%to penicillin.The 30-day all-cause mortality of 151 patients was 6.62%(n=10),and the attributable mortality was 2.65%(n=4).Binary lo-gistic regression analysis showed that shock(OR=13.690,95%CI:1.482-126.470)and Pitt bacteremia score ≥4(OR=10.461,95%CI:1.042-105.005)were independent risk factors for mortality in patients with streptococcal BSI.Conclusion Streptococcal BSI is mainly CAI,and there are multiple risk factors for hospital-associated streptococcal BSI.Shock and Pitt bacteremia scores ≥4 are independent risk factors for death in patients with streptococcal BSI.