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Ridvan Karaali

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Epidemiology and outcomes of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients: the EUROBACT-2 international cohort study.

2023

Purpose: In the critically ill, hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HA-BSI) are associated with significant mortality. Granular data are required for optimizing management, and developing guidelines and clinical trials. Methods: We carried out a prospective international cohort study of adult patients (≥ 18 years of age) with HA-BSI treated in intensive care units (ICUs) between June 2019 and February 2021. Results: 2600 patients from 333 ICUs in 52 countries were included. 78% HA-BSI were ICU-acquired. Median Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was 8 [IQR 5; 11] at HA-BSI diagnosis. Most frequent sources of infection included pneumonia (26.7%) and intravascular catheters…

antibiotic resistancebloodstream infectionhospital-acquiredbacteremiaCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicineantibiotic resistance ; bacteremia ; bloodstream infection ; hospital-acquired.
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Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments: international ID-IRI study.

2021

We aimed to explore factors for optimizing antimicrobial treatment in emergency departments. A single-day point prevalence survey was conducted on January 18, 2020, in 53 referral/tertiary hospitals in 22 countries. 1957 (17%) of 11557 patients presenting to EDs had infections. The mean qSOFA score was 0.37 +/- 0.74. Sepsis (qSOFA >= 2) was recorded in 218 (11.1%) patients. The mean qSOFA score was significantly higher in low-middle (1.48 +/- 0.963) compared to upper-middle (0.17 +/- 0.482) and high-income (0.36 +/- 0.714) countries ( P < 0.001). Eight (3.7%) patients with sepsis were treated as outpatients. The most common diagnoses were upper-respiratory (n = 877, 43.3%), lower-respirator…

0301 basic medicinePoint prevalence surveymedicine.medical_specialtyUrologic NeoplasmsReferralinternational ID-IRI study- JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY 2021 [Erdem H. Hargreaves S. ANKARALI H. ÇAŞKURLU H. Ceviker S. A. Bahar-Kacmaz A. Meric-Koc M. ALTINDİŞ M. Yildiz-Kirazaldi Y. Kizilates F. et al. -Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments]medicine.drug_classOrgan Dysfunction Scores030106 microbiologyAntibioticsPractice Patternsemergency ; antibiotic ; elderly ; infection ; sepsis ; treatmentGlobal HealthelderlyCommunicable Diseasestreatment.SepsisHospital03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineantibioticSepsismedicineHumansPharmacology (medical)Practice Patterns Physicians'Developing CountriesRespiratory Tract InfectionsPharmacologyEmergency ServicePhysicians'Adult patientstreatmentbusiness.industryPatient AcuityAntimicrobialmedicine.diseasehumanitiesinfectionDrug UtilizationAnti-Bacterial AgentsInfectious DiseasesOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisEmergency medicineEmergencysepsibusinessEmergency Service HospitalJournal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
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Profiles of multidrug-resistant organisms among patients with bacteremia in intensive care units: an international ID-IRI survey

2021

Evaluating trends in antibiotic resistance is a requisite. The study aimed to analyze the profile of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) among hospitalized patients with bacteremia in intensive care units (ICUs) in a large geographical area. This is a 1-month cross-sectional survey for blood-borne pathogens in 57 ICUs from 24 countries with different income levels: lower-middle-income (LMI), upper-middle-income (UMI), and high-income (HI) countries. Multidrug-resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR), or pan-drug-resistant isolates were searched. Logistic regression analysis determined resistance predictors among MDROs. Community-acquired infections were comparable to hospital-acq…

Male0301 basic medicineKlebsiella pneumoniaeDrug ResistanceInfection controlMultidrug resistance0302 clinical medicineMedical microbiologyDrug Resistance Multiple Bacterial80 and overInfection controlMedicine030212 general & internal medicineChildAged 80 and overCross InfectionbiologyMicrobial Sensitivity TestBacterialBacterial InfectionsGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedSciences bio-médicales et agricolesCountriesAnti-Bacterial AgentsAcinetobacter baumanniiEuropeIntensive Care UnitsInfectious DiseasesChild PreschoolFemaleMultipleMicrobiology (medical)Adultmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescent030106 microbiologyIntensive Care UnitPan-drug resistanceMicrobial Sensitivity TestsInfectionsBacterial InfectionYoung Adult03 medical and health sciencesAntibiotic resistanceIntensive careInternal medicineAnti-Bacterial AgentHumansStewardshipXDRPreschoolAgedCross-Sectional StudieBacteriabusiness.industryInfantbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseMultiple drug resistanceCross-Sectional StudiesBacteremiabusinessLow- and upper-middle and high income
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Different epidemiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 critically ill patients: a descriptive analysis of the Eurobact…

2022

Funder: European society of Intensive Care Medicine

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