Invasive Bacterial and Fungal Infections After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Experience.

Tönz, Gian Maria; Kadner, Alexander; Pfammatter, Jean-Pierre; Agyeman, Philipp Kwame Abayie (2021). Invasive Bacterial and Fungal Infections After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Experience. Pediatric infectious disease journal, 40(4), pp. 310-316. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/INF.0000000000003005

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BACKGROUND

Discrimination of infectious and noninfectious complications in children with inflammatory signs after cardiac surgery is challenging. Given the low prevalence of infectious complications after heart surgery, there might be a risk of excessive antibiotic usage. We performed this study to determine the rate of invasive bacterial or fungal infections in children after cardiac surgery at our institution and to evaluate our postoperative management.

METHODS

This single-center retrospective observational cohort study included children 16 years of age or younger who underwent cardiac surgery at our institution between January 2012 and December 2015.

RESULTS

We analyzed 395 surgical procedures. Thirty-five postoperative invasive bacterial or fungal infections were detected in 29 episodes (7%, 0.42 per 100 admission days). Among bacterial infections, the most common infection sites were bacteremia and pneumonia, accounting for 37% (13/35) and 23% (8/35) of infections respectively. The rate of postoperative infections was associated with surgical complexity score and length of postoperative pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay. In 154 (43%) of 357 episodes without microbiologically documented infection, uninterrupted postoperative antibiotic administration was continued for more than 3 days and in 80 (22%) for more than 5 days.

CONCLUSIONS

The rate of postoperative bacterial or fungal infection at our institution is comparable to current literature. High surgical complexity score and prolonged length of PICU stay were risk factors for bacterial or fungal infections in this patient population.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Heart Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Paediatric Infectiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Paediatric Cardiology

UniBE Contributor:

Kadner, Alexander, Pfammatter, Jean-Pierre, Agyeman, Philipp Kwame Abayie

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0891-3668

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

11 Jan 2021 13:54

Last Modified:

27 Feb 2024 14:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1097/INF.0000000000003005

PubMed ID:

33230058

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/149770

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/149770

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