Aniruddha Hazra, Connie Celum, Anne F Luetkemeyer, Jean-Michel Molina, Jeffrey D Klausner
{"title":"Reply to Keyon.","authors":"Aniruddha Hazra, Connie Celum, Anne F Luetkemeyer, Jean-Michel Molina, Jeffrey D Klausner","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciae152","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cid/ciae152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"229-230"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140157741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nobumasa Okumura, Gen Yamada, Kei Yamamoto, Shinya Tsuzuki
{"title":"Methodological Issues in a Retrospective Study on Short-Course Antibiotic Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections in China.","authors":"Nobumasa Okumura, Gen Yamada, Kei Yamamoto, Shinya Tsuzuki","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciae146","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cid/ciae146","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"232-233"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140157740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Prediction of HIV Drug Resistance Based on Virologic, Immunologic, Clinical, and/or Adherence Criteria in the Stratall ANRS 12110/ESTHER Trial in Cameroon.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciaf001","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cid/ciaf001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"241"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142945633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jesús Troya, María Luisa Montes, Juan Emilio Losa, Luis Buzón-Martín
{"title":"Long-Acting CAB Plus RPV: It's Not About Weight, It's About the Weight of the Evidence.","authors":"Jesús Troya, María Luisa Montes, Juan Emilio Losa, Luis Buzón-Martín","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciaf024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Preventing Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciaf032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":"80 1","pages":"242-243"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143254979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mao-Shui Wang, Jarrod Li-Hunnam, Ya-Li Chen, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Yan-An Zhang, Mark P Nicol
{"title":"Conversion or Reversion of Interferon γ Release Assays for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","authors":"Mao-Shui Wang, Jarrod Li-Hunnam, Ya-Li Chen, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Yan-An Zhang, Mark P Nicol","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciae357","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cid/ciae357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Interferon γ release assays (IGRAs) are widely used for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection. However, with repeated testing, IGRA transformation (conversion or reversion) may be detected and is challenging to interpret. We reviewed the frequency of and risk factors for IGRA transformation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We screened public databases for studies of human participants that reported the frequency of IGRA transformation. We extracted study and participant characteristics, details of IGRA testing and results. We calculated the pooled frequency of IGRA transformation (and transient transformation) and examined associated risk factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The pooled frequency of IGRA conversion or reversion from 244 studies was estimated at 7.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.1%-8.5%) or 22.8% (20.1%-25.7%), respectively. Transient conversion or reversion were estimated at 46.0% (95% CI, 35.7%-56.4%) or 19.6% (9.2%-31.7%) of conversion or reversion events respectively. Indeterminate results seldom reverted to positive (1.2% [95% CI, .1%-3.5%]). IGRA results in the borderline-positive or borderline-negative range were associated with increased risk of conversion or reversion (pooled odds ratio [OR] for conversion, 4.15 [95% CI, 3.00-5.30]; pooled OR for reversion, 4.06 [3.07-5.06]). BCG vaccination was associated with decreased risk of conversion (OR, 0.70 [95% CI, .56-.84]), cigarette smoking with decreased risk of reversion (0.44 [.06-.82]), and female sex with decreased risk of either conversion or reversion (OR for conversion, 0.66 [.58-.75]; OR for reversion, 0.46 [.31-.61]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>IGRA conversion is less common than reversion, and frequently transient. Research is needed to determine whether individuals with reversion would benefit from tuberculosis-preventive treatment. Retesting of people with indeterminate results is probably not indicated, because indeterminate results seldom revert to positive.</p>","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"168-179"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141491154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie Parks Taylor, Jessica A Palakshappa, Shih-Hsiung Chou, Kevin Gibbs, Jessie King, Nikhil Patel, Marc Kowalkowski
{"title":"Development of an Electronic Clinical Surveillance Measure for Unnecessary Rapid Antibiotic Administration in Suspected Sepsis.","authors":"Stephanie Parks Taylor, Jessica A Palakshappa, Shih-Hsiung Chou, Kevin Gibbs, Jessie King, Nikhil Patel, Marc Kowalkowski","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciae445","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cid/ciae445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Substantial efforts focus on monitoring and reducing delays in antibiotic treatment for sepsis, but little has been done to characterize the balancing measure of sepsis overtreatment. We aimed to establish preliminary validity and usefulness of electronic health record (EHR) data-derived criteria for sepsis overtreatment surveillance (SEP-OS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We evaluated adults with potential sepsis (≥2 Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome criteria within 6 hours of arrival) presenting to the emergency department of 12 hospitals, excluding patients with shock. We defined SEP-OS as the proportion of patients receiving rapid IV antibiotics (≤3 hours) who did not ultimately meet the Centers for Disease Control Adult Sepsis Event \"true sepsis\" definition. We evaluated the frequency and characteristics of patients meeting overtreatment criteria and outcomes associated with sepsis overtreatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 113 764 eligible patients, the prevalence of sepsis overtreatment was 22.5%. The measure met prespecified criteria for reliability, content, construct, and criterion validity. Patients classified by the SEP-OS overtreatment criteria had higher median antibiotic days (4 days [IQR, 2-5] vs 1 day [1-2]; P < .01), longer median length of stay (4 days [2-6] vs 3 days [2-5]; P < .01), higher hospital mortality (2.4% vs 2.1%; P = .01), and higher frequency of Clostridioides difficile infection within 6 months of hospital discharge (P < .01) compared with \"true negative\" cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We developed a novel, valid EHR metric for clinical surveillance of sepsis overtreatment. Applying this metric to a large cohort of potential sepsis patients revealed a high rate of overtreatment and provides a useful tool to inform sepsis quality-improvement targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"14-23"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142364697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Fosfomycin-Containing Regimens in Reducing Mortality From Infections Caused by Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales.","authors":"Stelios F Assimakopoulos, Markos Marangos","doi":"10.1093/cid/ciae196","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cid/ciae196","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10463,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"236-237"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140897588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}