{"title":"Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Bloodstream Infection during Conditioning Phase before Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.","authors":"Ling Pan, Jia Li, Qingsong Lin, Xiaomeng Feng, Xueyuan Li, Guixin Zhang, Sisi Zhen, Yuqing Cui, Jieru Wang, Yuping Fan, Tingting Zhang, Yigeng Cao, Wenbin Cao, Aiming Pang, Donglin Yang, Xin Chen, Rongli Zhang, Jialin Wei, Qiaoling Ma, Weihua Zhai, Yi He, Mingzhe Han, Erlie Jiang, Sizhou Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.jtct.2025.05.027","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bloodstream infections (BSI) pose critical risks during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), yet data on BSI during the conditioning phase remain limited. To assess the characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of BSI during conditioning in allo-HSCT patients with hematological diseases. We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study including 2395 consecutive allo-HSCT recipients between September 2013 and September 2023. BSI occurred in 113 patients (5.7% cumulative incidence), with median onset on day -2. Monomicrobial Gram-negative bacteria (73.5%, 83/113) and Gram-positive bacteria (18.6%, 21/113) predominated, with polymicrobial BSI in 8.0% (9/113). Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative organisms (CRO) constituted 15.9% (18/113) of infections. Independent BSI risk factors included antithymocyte globulin (ATG)-mediated conditioning (96.5% of BSI cases), aplastic anemia (AA), hematopoietic cell transplantation-comorbidity index (HCT-CI) ≥2, and preconditioning neutropenia ≥7 days. Patients were stratified by risk based on cumulative incidence: low (0 factor ± ATG, 3.3%), intermediate (ATG + 1 factor, 9.3%), and high (ATG + ≥ 2 factors, 21.4%) (P < .001). BSI significantly reduced 28-day survival (94.7% versus 99.7%, P < .001), with 5.3% mortality (6/113). CRO BSI exhibited lower survival than non-CRO cases (76.5% versus 97.9%, P < .001). Prior CRO colonization independently predicted CRO BSI (P = .003). Appropriate empirical therapy and ceftazidime/avibactam (CAZ-AVI)-based definitive regimens improved early survival. BSI surveillance should prioritize patients undergoing ATG-based conditioning, particularly those with AA, HCT-CI ≥ 2, or preconditioning neutropenia ≥7 days. Given the dominant mortality risk of CRO BSI during conditioning, pre-HSCT CRO screening is imperative, and targeted therapies such as CAZ-AVI are critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":23283,"journal":{"name":"Transplantation and Cellular Therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transplantation and Cellular Therapy","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2025.05.027","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HEMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Bloodstream infections (BSI) pose critical risks during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), yet data on BSI during the conditioning phase remain limited. To assess the characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of BSI during conditioning in allo-HSCT patients with hematological diseases. We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study including 2395 consecutive allo-HSCT recipients between September 2013 and September 2023. BSI occurred in 113 patients (5.7% cumulative incidence), with median onset on day -2. Monomicrobial Gram-negative bacteria (73.5%, 83/113) and Gram-positive bacteria (18.6%, 21/113) predominated, with polymicrobial BSI in 8.0% (9/113). Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative organisms (CRO) constituted 15.9% (18/113) of infections. Independent BSI risk factors included antithymocyte globulin (ATG)-mediated conditioning (96.5% of BSI cases), aplastic anemia (AA), hematopoietic cell transplantation-comorbidity index (HCT-CI) ≥2, and preconditioning neutropenia ≥7 days. Patients were stratified by risk based on cumulative incidence: low (0 factor ± ATG, 3.3%), intermediate (ATG + 1 factor, 9.3%), and high (ATG + ≥ 2 factors, 21.4%) (P < .001). BSI significantly reduced 28-day survival (94.7% versus 99.7%, P < .001), with 5.3% mortality (6/113). CRO BSI exhibited lower survival than non-CRO cases (76.5% versus 97.9%, P < .001). Prior CRO colonization independently predicted CRO BSI (P = .003). Appropriate empirical therapy and ceftazidime/avibactam (CAZ-AVI)-based definitive regimens improved early survival. BSI surveillance should prioritize patients undergoing ATG-based conditioning, particularly those with AA, HCT-CI ≥ 2, or preconditioning neutropenia ≥7 days. Given the dominant mortality risk of CRO BSI during conditioning, pre-HSCT CRO screening is imperative, and targeted therapies such as CAZ-AVI are critical.