Application of MALDI-TOF MS to assess clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes associated with anaerobic bloodstream infection: a retrospective observational study.

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Tsuyoshi WatanabeYoshinori Noguchi

Abstract

Correctly identifying anaerobic bloodstream infections (BSIs) is difficult. However, a new technique, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), enables more accurate identification and appropriate treatment. Anaerobic BSIs identified by MALDI-TOF MS were retrospectively analyzed to determine the clinical and microbiological features and patient outcomes based on the anaerobic genera or group. Medical records of patients with anaerobic BSIs were used to conduct a single-center retrospective cohort study from January 2016 to December 2020 in Nagoya, Japan. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Of the 215 patients with anaerobic BSIs, 31 had multiple anaerobic organisms in the blood culture, including 264 total episodes of anaerobic BSIs. Bacteroides spp. were isolated the most (n = 74), followed by gram-positive non-spore-forming bacilli (n = 57), Clostridium spp. (n = 52), gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) (n = 27), and gram-negative cocci (n = 7). The median patient age was 76 years; 56.7% were male. The most common focal infection site was intra-abdominal (36.7%). The in-hospital mortalit...Continue Reading

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