Time to Blood Culture Positivity: An Independent Predictor of Mortality in Streptococcus Pyogenes Bacteremia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia is a severe condition with high mortality. Time to blood culture positivity (TTP) is known to predict the outcome in bacteremia with other pathogens. This study aimed to determine the association between TTP and outcome in S pyogenes bacteremia.

Methods

This retrospective observational cohort study comprised adults with S pyogenes bacteremia, identified through the laboratory database between 2015 and 2018, in the Region of Skåne, Sweden. Correlations between TTP and outcomes were investigated. Primary outcome was death within 30 days, and secondary outcomes were presence of sepsis or disease deterioration within the first 48 hours.

Results

A total of 347 episodes of S pyogenes bacteremia were id

SUBMITTER: Blackberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126491 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature