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Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia mortality across country income groups: A secondary analysis of a systematic review.
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases . Sep2022, Vol. 122, p405-411. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- • Styphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is common in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). • LMIC are poorly represented in SAB research. • In-hospital mortality for SAB is much higher in LMIC than in high-income countries. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is a common infection worldwide. We compared SAB mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) versus high-income countries (HIC) in a meta-analysis. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 1991-2021 and included observational, single-country studies on patients with positive blood cultures for S. aureus. The main outcome was the proportion of patients with SAB who died in the hospital. A generalized linear mixed random-effects model was used to pool estimates, and a meta-regression was used to adjust for study-level characteristics. A total of 332 studies involving 517,671 patients in 39 countries were included. No study was conducted in a low-income country. Only 33 (10%) studies were performed in middle-income countries (MIC), which described 6,216 patients. The pooled in-hospital mortality was 32.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] 27.2%-38.2%, T2 = 0.3063) in MIC and 22.3% (95% CI 20.1%-24.6%, T2 = 0.3257) in HIC. In a meta-regression model, MIC had higher in-hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio 1.37, 95% CI 1.11-1.71; P = 0.0042) than HIC. In SAB studies, LMIC are poorly represented. In-hospital mortality was significantly higher in MIC than in HIC. Research should be conducted in LMIC to characterize differences in care processes driving the mortality gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 12019712
- Volume :
- 122
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158887413
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.026