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Predicting Bacteremia among Patients Hospitalized for Skin and Skin-Structure Infections: Derivation and Validation of a Risk Score

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Benjamin A. Lipsky ,
Marin H. Kollef ,
Loren G. Miller ,
Xiaowu Sun ,
Richard S. Johannes  and
Ying P. Tabak
Benjamin A. Lipsky
Affiliation:
General Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Marin H. Kollef
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Loren G. Miller
Affiliation:
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Xiaowu Sun
Affiliation:
CareFusion, MedMined Services, Clinical Research, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Richard S. Johannes
Affiliation:
CareFusion, MedMined Services, Clinical Research, Marlborough, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Ying P. Tabak
Affiliation:
CareFusion, MedMined Services, Clinical Research, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Abstract

Objective.

Bacteremia is relatively common in patients with skin and skin-structure infection (SSSI) severe enough to require hospitalization. We used selected demographic and clinical characteristics easily assessable at initial evaluation to develop a model for the early identification of patients with SSSI who are at higher risk for bacteremia.

Participants.

A large database of adults hospitalized with SSSI at 97 hospitals in the United States during the period from 2003 through 2007 and from whom blood samples were obtained for culture at admission.

Methods.

We compared selected candidate predictor variables for patients shown to have bacteremia and patients with no demonstrated bacteremia. Using stepwise logistic regression to identify independent risk factors for bacteremia, we derived a model by using 75% of a randomly split cohort, converted the model coefficients into a risk score system, and then we validated it by using the remaining 25% of the cohort.

Results.

Bacteremia was documented in 1,021 (11.7%) of the 8,747 eligible patients. Independent predictors of bacteremia (P<.001) were infected device or prosthesis, respiratory rate less than 10 or more than 29 breaths per minute, pulse rate less than 49 or more than 125 beats per minute, temperature less than 35.6°C or at least 38.0°C, white blood cell band percentage of 7% or more, white blood cell count greater than 11 x 109/L, healthcare-associated infection, male sex, and older age. The bacteremia rates ranged from 3.7% (lowest decile) to 30.6% (highest decile) (P< .001). The model C statistic was 0.71; the Hosmer-Lemeshow test P value was .36, indicating excellent model calibration.

Conclusions.

Using data available at hospital admission, we developed a risk score that differentiated SSSI patients at low risk for bacteremia from patients at high risk. This score may help clinicians identify patients who require more intensive monitoring or antimicrobial regimens appropriate for treating bacteremia.

Type
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , August 2010 , pp. 828 - 837
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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