Factors associated with severity in invasive community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections in children: a prospective European multicentre study


Por: Gijón M, Bellusci M, Petraitiene B, Noguera-Julian A, Zilinskaite V, Sanchez Moreno P, Saavedra-Lozano J, Glikman D, Daskalaki M, Kaiser-Labusch P, Falup-Pecurariu O, Montagnani C, Prieto L, Gene-Giralt A, Trumpulyte G, Kulecnikova I, Lepe JA, Cercenado E, Kudinsky R, Makri A, Huppertz HI, Bleotu L, Cocchi P, García-Hierro P, Vitkauskiene A, Fortuny-Guasch C, Zukovskaja V, Neth O, Santos M, Rokney A, Petra M, Lixandru R, Galli L, Guillén S, Chaves F and Rojo Conejo P

Publicada: 1 jul 2016 Ahead of Print: 21 abr 2016
Resumen:
Staphylococcus aureus is the main pathogen responsible for bone and joint infections worldwide and is also capable of causing pneumonia and other invasive severe diseases. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have been studied as factors related with severity in these infections. The aims of this study were to describe invasive community-acquired S. aureus (CA-SA) infections and to analyse factors related to severity of disease. Paediatric patients (aged 0-16 years) who had a CA-SA invasive infection were prospectively recruited from 13 centres in 7 European countries. Demographic, clinical and microbiological data were collected. Severe infection was defined as invasive infection leading to death or admission to intensive care due to haemodynamic instability or respiratory failure. A total of 152 children (88 boys) were included. The median age was 7.2 years (interquartile range, 1.3-11.9). Twenty-six (17%) of the 152 patients had a severe infection, including 3 deaths (2%). Prevalence of PVL-positive CA-SA infections was 18.6%, and 7.8% of the isolates were MRSA. The multivariate analysis identified pneumonia (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 13.39 (95% confidence interval (CI) 4.11-43.56); p 0.008), leukopenia at admission (< 3000/mm(3)) (aOR 18.3 (95% CI 1.3-259.9); p 0.03) and PVL-positive infections (aOR 4.69 (95% CI 1.39-15.81); p 0.01) as the only factors independently associated with severe outcome. There were no differences in MRSA prevalence between severe and nonsevere cases (aOR 4.30 (95% CI 0.68- 28.95); p 0.13). Our results show that in European children, PVL is associated with more severe infections, regardless of methicillin resistance. (C) 2016 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Gijón M:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Bellusci M:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Petraitiene B:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Noguera-Julian A:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Zilinskaite V:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Sanchez Moreno P:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Saavedra-Lozano J:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Glikman D:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Daskalaki M:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Kaiser-Labusch P:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Falup-Pecurariu O:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Montagnani C:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Prieto L:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Gene-Giralt A:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Trumpulyte G:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Kulecnikova I:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Lepe JA:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Cercenado E:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Kudinsky R:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Makri A:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Huppertz HI:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Bleotu L:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Cocchi P:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

García-Hierro P:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Vitkauskiene A:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Fortuny-Guasch C:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Zukovskaja V:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Neth O:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Santos M:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Rokney A:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Petra M:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Lixandru R:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Galli L:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Guillén S:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Chaves F:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Rojo Conejo P:
 Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
ISSN: 1198743X





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