Retrospective study to investigate appropriate duration of antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with immunodeficiency. 2024

Yuichi Shibata, and Nobuhiro Asai, and Jun Hirai, and Nobuaki Mori, and Mao Hagihara, and Hiroshige Mikamo
Department of Pharmacy, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Japan; Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Japan.

BACKGROUND Since the appropriate antibiotic duration for uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteremia (u-SAB) in an immunocompromised state is still unclear, physicians are likely to extend antibiotic therapy from 2 weeks to 4-6 weeks. To examine the appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy for u-SAB, we performed this study. METHODS We reviewed all patients with u-SAB at our institute seen between January 2020 and August 2023. A total of 51 patients were enrolled, and they were divided into the following two groups by antibiotic duration: longer duration group ≥28 days after blood culture negativity, and shorter duration group. Then, the patients were matched by a propensity score using the covariates of age, sex, qSOFA, and CCI. The primary outcome was to identify the prognosis by duration of antibiotic treatment. RESULTS After propensity score matching, all-cause 30-day mortality was 0 % in both groups. Hence, there was no significant difference in all-cause 90 days mortality (19.0% vs 9.5%, p = 0.33) or recurrence (9.5%% vs 0%, p = 0.22). Before propensity-score matching, we found that a serum level of CRP 2.0 mg/dL and greater after intravenous antibiotic treatment was one of the poor prognostic factors. The cut-off value of serum CRP level was 2.0 mg/dL with a sensitivity of 82.1% and a specificity of 75.0%. CONCLUSIONS We suggested that 4-6 weeks of antibiotic treatment for immunodeficient u-SAB patients was unnecessary. Moreover, the serum level of CRP after completion of IV antibiotic treatment could be a prognostic marker for u-SAB.

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