| Effect of antifungal therapy timing on mortality in cancer patients with candidemia. | |
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PMID: 19884371 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Prior studies have shown that delays in treatment are associated with increased mortality in patients with candidemia. The purpose of this study was to measure three separate time periods comprising the diagnosis and treatment of candidemia and to determine which one(s) is associated with hospital mortality. Patients with blood cultures positive for Candida spp. were identified. Subjects were excluded if no antifungal therapy was given or if there was preexisting antifungal therapy. Collected data included the time from blood culture collection to positivity (incubation period), the time from blood culture positivity to provider notification (provider notification period), and the time from provider notification to the first dose of antifungal given (antifungal initiation period). These times were assessed as predictors of inpatient mortality. A repeat analysis was done with adjustments for age, sex, race, underlying cancer, catheter removal, APACHE III score, acute renal failure, neutropenia, and non-Candida albicans species. A total of 106 episodes of candidemia were analyzed. The median incubation time was 32.1 h and was associated with mortality (univariate hazard ratio per hour, 1.025; P = 0.001). The median provider notification and antifungal initiation periods were 0.3 and 7.5 h, respectively, and were not associated with mortality. Adjusted analysis yielded similar results. For cancer patients with candidemia, the incubation period accounts for a significant amount of time, compared with the provider notification and antifungal initiation times, and is associated with in-hospital mortality. Strategies to shorten the incubation time, such as utilizing rapid molecularly based diagnostic methods, may help reduce in-hospital mortality. |
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Authors:
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Ying Taur; Nina Cohen; Sarah Dubnow; Alla Paskovaty; Susan K Seo |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-11-02 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Volume: 54 ISSN: 1098-6596 ISO Abbreviation: Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-12-21 Completed Date: 2010-03-15 Revised Date: 2010-09-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0315061 Medline TA: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 184-90 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 9, New York, NY 10065, USA. taury@mskcc.org |
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APACHE Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage*, therapeutic use* Blood / microbiology Candidiasis / complications*, drug therapy, mortality* Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Female Hospital Mortality Humans Infant Kidney Failure, Acute / complications, mortality Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Neoplasms / complications*, mortality* Retrospective Studies Young Adult |
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0/Antifungal Agents |
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