Comparing the Prognostic Impacts of Delayed Administration of Appropriate Antimicrobials in Older Patients with Afebrile and Febrile Community-Onset Bacteremia

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Title:	Comparing the Prognostic Impacts of Delayed Administration of Appropriate Antimicrobials in Older Patients with Afebrile and Febrile Community-Onset Bacteremia
Authors:	薛夙君
Contributors:	健康暨護理學院
Keywords:	bacteremia afebrile appropriate antimicrobial therapy outcome afebrile bacteremia community-onset empirical therapy
Date:	2024-08-29
Issue Date:	2024-08-30T06:33:32Z (UTC)
Abstract:	Although prompt administration of an appropriate antimicrobial therapy (AAT) is crucial for reducing mortality in the general population with community-onset bacteremia, the prognostic effects of delayed AAT in older individuals with febrile and afebrile bacteremia remain unclear. A stepwise and backward logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of 30-day mortality. In a 7-year multicenter cohort study involving 3424 older patients (≥65 years) with community-onset bacteremia, febrile bacteremia accounted for 27.1% (912 patients). A crucial association of afebrile bacteremia and 30-day mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 1.69; p < 0.001) was revealed using Cox regression and Kaplan–Meier curves after adjusting for the independent predictors of mortality. Moreover, each hour of delayed AAT was associated with an average increase of 0.3% (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.003; p < 0.001) and 0.2% (AOR, 1.002; p < 0.001) in the 30-day crude mortality rates among patients with afebrile and febrile bacteremia, respectively, after adjusting for the independent predictors of mortality. Similarly, further analysis based on Cox regression and Kaplan–Meier curves revealed that inappropriate empirical therapy (i.e., delayed AAT administration > 24 h) had a significant prognostic impact, with AHRs of 1.83 (p < 0.001) and 1.76 (p < 0.001) in afebrile and febrile patients, respectively, after adjusting for the independent predictors of mortality. In conclusion, among older individuals with community-onset bacteremia, the dissimilarity of the prognostic impacts of delayed AAT between afebrile and febrile presentation was evident.
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