Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections in a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort of Liver Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

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Although some studies have examined the epidemiology of bloodstream infections after liver transplantation, they were based in single centers and did not identify bloodstream infections treated in other hospitals.

Methods

We retrospectively examined a cohort of 7912 adult liver transplant recipients from 24 transplant centers using 2004 to 2012 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification billing data from 3 State Inpatient Databases, and identified bloodstream infections, inpatient death, and cumulative 1-year hospital costs. Multilevel Cox regression analyses were used to determine factors associated with bloodstream infections and death.

Results

Bloodstream infections were identified in 29% (n = 2326) of liver transplan

SUBMITTER: Santos CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4946508 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature