Mortality predictors and definition proposal for complicated coagulase-negative Staphylococcus bacteraemia: a multicentre prospective cohort study

Author: Varisco, Benedetta; Martínez Pérez-Crespo, Pedro María; Retamar Gentil, Pilar; López Hernández, Inmaculada; Fariñas Álvarez, Maria Carmen; Fernández-Natal, Isabel; Rodríguez-Baño, Jesús; López-Cortés, Luis E.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Elsevier Sci Ltd

Year: 2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.12.016

Source: https://idus.us.es/bitstreams/daa89f63-488a-492b-aeaa-a68d5ff9b793/download

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Mo ali y p edic o s and de ini ion p oposal o complica ed
coagulase-nega i e S aphylococcus bac e emia. A
mul icen e p ospec i e coho s udy
Jou nal:
Clinical Mic obiology and In ec ion
Manusc ip ID
CLM-24-28675.R1
A icle Type:
O iginal A icle
Da e Submi ed by he
Au ho :
n/a
Comple e Lis o Au ho s:
Va isco, Benede a; ASST San i Paolo e Ca lo, Clinic o In ec ious and
T opical Diseases, Depa men o Heal h Sciences
Ma ínez Pé ez-C espo, Ped o Ma ía; Hospi al Uni e si a io de Valme,
Unidad de En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología
Re ama , Pila ; Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen Maca ena, Unidad Clínica de
En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología
López-He nández, Inmaculada; Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen Maca ena,
Unidad Clínica de En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología
Fa iñas, Ma ia Ca men; Uni e si y Hospi al Ma qués de Valdecilla,
In ec ious Diseases
Fe nández-Na al, Isabel; Complejo Asis encial Uni e si a io de León,
Clinical Mic obiology
Ma ía Te esa, Pé ez-Rod íguez; Complexo Hospi ala io Uni e si a io de
Vigo, Se icio de Medicina In e na
Goikoe xea, Josune; Hospi al Uni e si a io de C uces, En e medades
In ecciosas
Sánchez Cal o, Juan Manuel; Hospi al Uni e si a io de Je ez de la
F on e a, UGC En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología Clínica
Buzon-Ma in, Luis; Hospi al Uni e si a io de Bu gos, Medicina In e na
León , E a; Hospi al Uni e si a io Nues a Seño a de Valme, Unidad de
En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología
Vinuesa Ga cía, Da id; Hospi al Uni e si a io Clínico San Cecilio., Unidad
de Ges ión Clínica de En e medades In ecciosas.
Regue a, José; Regional Uni e si y Hospi al o Malaga, Depa men o
In ec ious Diseases
Bahamonde, Albe o; Hospi al El Bie zo, Depa men o In e nal Medicine.
Fe nandez, Jona han; Hospi al Uni e si a io Cen al de As u ias,
Mic obiology Uni
Rod íguez-Baño, Jesús; Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen Maca ena,
En e medades In ecciosas, Mic obiologa y Medicina P e en i a;
Uni e sidad de Se illa, Medicina
López-Co és, Luis Edua do ; Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen Maca ena,
Unidad Clínica de En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología; Uni e sidad
de Se illa, Facul ad de Medicina
Key Wo ds:
Coagulase-nega i e s aphylococci, Bloods eam in ec ions, Complica ed
bac e emia, Mo ali y p edic o s, Ca he e - ela ed bloods eam in ec ions
Clinical Mic obiology and In ec ion
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Abs ac :
Objec i e. To explo e a de ini ion o complica ed coagulase-nega i e
s aphylococci bloods eam in ec ions (CoNS BSI), and o iden i y
p edic o s o mo ali y.
Me hods. P ospec i e coho s udy conduc ed om Oc obe 2016 o
Ma ch 2017 in 26 Spanish hospi als. Complica ed CoNS BSI c i e ia
included lack o ea ly ca he e emo al in ca he e - ela ed cases, o eign
indwelling implan , pe sis en bac e emia, e e ≥72 hou s on ac i e
he apy, me as a ic in ec ion o deep-sea ed ocus and in ec i e
endoca di is. Independen p edic o s o 30-day mo ali y we e e alua ed
by Cox eg ession, and he impac o he de ini ion o complica ed
bac e emia assessed.
Resul s. O e all, 445 CoNS BSI cases we e included; ca he e - ela ed
in ec ions we e p edominan (336/445, 75.5%). Complica ed bac e emia
was iden i ied in 240/445 pa ien s (53.9%); 30-day mo ali y in
complica ed and uncomplica ed cases we e 53/240 (22.1%) and 24/205
(11.7%), espec i ely (p=0.004). P edic o s o 30-day mo ali y iden i ied
in he mul i a ia e analysis included age (HR 1.03, 95%CI 1.01-1.05),
ce eb o ascula disease (HR 2.58, 95%CI 1.45-4.58),
immunosupp essi e he apy (HR 2.16, 95%CI 1.22-3.84), SOFA sco e
(HR 1.09, 95%CI 1.03-1.16), and complica ed bac e emia (HR 2.14,
95%CI 1.29-3.53). A ca he e - ela ed sou ce o bac e emia was ound o
be p o ec i e (HR 0.49, 95%CI 0.30-0.80). When speci ic c i e ia o
de ine complica ed bac e emia we e included, e e ≥72h was associa ed
wi h inc eased isk o dea h (HR 2.52, 95%CI 1.52-4.17) and ea ly
ca he e emo al was p o ec i e (HR 0.47, 95%CI 0.26-0.83).
Conclusions. A high p opo ion o pa ien s p esen ed complica ed
bac e emia acco ding o he p oposed c i e ia; hese pa ien s had highe
haza ds o mo ali y. O he mo ali y p edic o s we e iden i ied. Fu he
s udies would be needed o alida e he p oposed c i e ia.
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Se ille, Decembe 2024
Dea P o . Paul,
Edi o , Clinical Mic obiology and In ec ion
Thank you o he cons uc i e eedback and de ailed sugges ions ega ding ou manusc ip ,
"Mo ali y p edic o s and de ini ion p oposal o complica ed coagulase-nega i e S aphylococcus
bac e emia. A mul icen e p ospec i e coho s udy" (manusc ip ID: CLM-24-28675). We
app ecia e he ime and e o ha bo h you and he e iewe s ha e dedica ed o his p ocess.
Based on you sugges ions, we ha e made ca e ul e isions o imp o e he cla i y and s eng h o
ou wo k.
The acked and clean copies o he e ised manusc ip a e submi ed he e o you
conside a ion.
Kind ega ds,
Luis Edua do López-Co és
On behal o all au ho s
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EDITOR COMMENTS TO THE AUTHOR
Commen (1): Among inclusion c i e ia “ he e we e sys emic symp oms like e e o chills” –
was his he ac ual c i e ion used o inclusion? As de ined, his c i e ion is non-speci ic, canno
be eplica ed and p obably leads o he e ogenei y in pa ien inclusion. I a mo e p ecise c i e ion
was used please de ine i in he manusc ip . I his was he c i e ion, we ha e li le con idence
ha he pa ien s in he coho has a clinically-signi ican CONS bac e emia.
Response: Thank you o he impo an eedback. To be b ie , we acknowledge ha he
c i e ia we e no desc ibed wi h su icien speci ici y. We ha e now cla i ied he speci ic
inclusion c i e ia in he manusc ip and Supplemen a y ma e ial, aligning hem wi h hose
ou lined in he s udy p o ocol.
Commen (2): “Da a we e collec ed ia an elec onic case epo ” – please de ine da a sou ces
and collec ion me hods. We e da a manually collec ed om elec onic pa ien s iles o pape
cha s? Was any au oma ed da a que y ool used?
Response: We ha e e ised he manusc ip o cla i y he da a collec ion me hods, which
now eads: "Da a we e collec ed p ospec i ely om ei he elec onic heal h eco ds o
pape cha s a each cen e acco ding o local a ailabili y. Da a o each en olled
pa ien we e en e ed in o a s anda dized online case epo o m.”
Commen (3): Unde “De ini ions and a iables” please de ine “empi ic he apy” – i s 24
hou s? 48 hou s” wha is he s a ing ime poin – blood cul u e collec ion ime? In me hods you
de ined App op ia e an imic obial he apy and in he esul s you e e o “ac i e” he apy –
please use consis en e minology.
Response: Thank you o you eedback. We ha e added he de ini ion o "empi ic
he apy," which is now s a ed as " he an imic obial egimen ini ia ed p io o he
iden i ica ion o he in ec ing mic oo ganism and i s suscep ibili y p o ile; since
G am/MALDI epo s we e ypically a ailable wi hin 24 hou s, he apy was usually
conside ed empi ical du ing his ime ame". Rega ding he e minology inconsis ency,
we app ecia e you obse a ion. We ind he e m "ac i e he apy" mo e accu a e han
"app op ia e he apy." As such, we ha e e ised he manusc ip o ensu e he consis en
use o "ac i e he apy" h oughou he sec ions.
Commen (4): Follow-up blood cul u es we e aken only o <30% o pa ien s by physicians’
disc e ion. CONS a e low i ulence pa hogens who do no necessa y cause ma ked sepsis signs,
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i is likely ha some o he pa ien s in whom ollow-up blood cul u es we e no aken
(p esumably because hey had no e e o o he sepsis signs) also had p olonged bac e emia. I
p opose lis ing he indica ions o aking ollow-up blood cul u es (p ospec i e c i e ia o
e oac i e easons om he da a) and e-naming he a iable “Posi i e ollow-up blood cul u es”
o “Posi i e ollow-up blood cul u es when indica ed” o simila .
Response: Thank you o highligh ing his impo an poin . Gi en he lack o guidelines
o ollow-up blood cul u es (FUBC) in CoNS bac e emia, ou obse a ional s udy
e lec s clinical p ac ice, wi h FUBC pe o med a he disc e ion o he ea ing physician.
We ecognize ha posi i e FUBC esul s may ep esen only a subse o ac ual pe sis en
bac e emia cases, as some pa ien s no es ed may ha e had unde ec ed posi i e esul s.
To add ess his, we ha e included his poin in he Limi a ions sec ion o he s udy.
In esponse o you sugges ion, we conduc ed a e ospec i e analysis o ac o s ha may
ha e in luenced he decision o pe o m FUBC. As shown in Supplemen a y Table S1,
pa ien s wi h endoca di is o ca diac/endo ascula de ices we e signi ican ly mo e likely
o unde go FUBC. We ha e summa ized hese indings in he Resul s sec ion. Al hough
we hypo hesize ha hese lis ed ac o s likely in luenced FUBC decisions, ou da ase
does no include in o ma ion on he speci ic clinical indica ions o each FUBC, as no ed
in he Limi a ions.
Rega ding he a iable name, please no e ha in Table 1 we include he a iable “Blood
cul u es” (now called “Follow-up blood cul u es pe o med”), and we s a e a Table oo
ha FUBC we e pe o med a he disc e ion o a ending physician, and e e o ou
analysis. The o he a iable is now called "Posi i e ollow-up blood cul u es among hose
pe o med."
Commen (5): The e iewe s we e c i ical o he ca he e ex ac ion measu e among he
measu es de ining complica ed bac e emia, since he e is a consensus ha ca he e e aining is
possible in he ini ial managemen o CONS CRABSI bac e emia. I ag ee ha since he e is no
good e idence o his ecommenda ion his emains a ques ion. Howe e , his a iable is
ele an only o he subg oup o pa ien s wi h a CVC. The a iable “ea ly (<48h) ca he e
emo al” in model 2 mixes wo a iables: Yes – emo ed in CRBSI, No – no emo ed in
CRABSI o no CRABSI. This is no a use ul p edic o clinically, because o he indi idual
pa ien he sou ce o he bac e emia is known and i unknown, he a iable is no ele an . To
app op ia ely analyse he associa ion be ween ca he e ex ac ion and mo ali y he analysis
needs o be limi ed o pa ien s wi h a CVC. I ecommend e ising model 2 o include a 3-
ca ego y a iable o CRBSI ex ac ed, CRBSI e ained and no CVC, o allow a mo e app op ia e
e alua ion o hese ac o s in a model including all indi idual componen s o complica ed
bac e emia. Al e na i ely, o concomi an ly, i would be o in e es o e alua e ca he e
ex ac ion in he subg oup o pa ien s wi h a CVC, among whom isk ac o s o mo ali y need
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o be e-e alua ed o selec he app op ia e con ounde s o he eg ession analysis including
ca he e ex ac ion.
Response: We ully ag ee; in ac , Model 2 was pe o med using pa ien s wi h CRBSI
wi hou ea ly ca he e emo al as he e e ence ca ego y o ea ly ca he e emo al
(es ima ion p o ided in he model) and o non-CRBSI (we did no include he es ima e
o non-CRBSI due o he lack o associa ion, bu we ag ee i should be included). We
now include his as Model 2a, and explained he s a i ica ion in he i le o Table 4. We
also add essed you second sugges ion abou adding an analysis o pa ien s wi h a CVC
and he e o e we added a Model 2b including only pa ien s wi h CRBSI.
Commen (6): Please de ine he a iables en e ed in o he eg ession analyses, hose emo ed in
he s epwise selec ion p ocess and all hose e ained wi h hei signi icance. Desc ibe he
a iables ha we e no en e ed due o co ela ions. Please documen he numbe o pa ien s
included in each eg ession model and he s a is ics o he model – i ness and calib a ion. See
ou guidance o epo ing o mul i a iable logis ic eg ession models.
h ps://www.clinicalmic obiologyandin ec ion.com/a icle/S1198-743X(19)30592-0/ ull ex . As
a e iewe no ed he model including all componen s o complica ed bac e emia migh ha e
highe dependen o independen a io han ecommended esul ing is o e i ing.
Response: Thank you o you aluable eedback. We added in he ex ha a de ailed
explana ion o models’ de elopmen is explained in he Supplemen a y ma e ial (please
see sec ion "Mul i a iable eg ession model me hodology").
Commen (7): Please include dispe sion measu es (SD, min-max, IQR, CI) o all con inuous
and ou comes and a io maeasu es epo ed in abs ac , ex and able and c ude numbe s
(nume a o / denomina o ) o all pe cen ages.
Response: We ha e included he dispe sion measu es (IQR and CI) whe e e hey we e
missing in he abs ac , ex , and ables. Addi ionally, we speci ied all absolu e numbe s
(nume a o /denomina o ) o each pe cen age.
Commen (8): App op ia e empi ic he apy was no associa ed wi h mo ali y in you coho .
You ollowing s a emen s in he discussion a e unsubs an ia ed: “Howe e , empi ic he apy
should be ini ia ed i isk ac o s o ad e se ou comes a e iden i ied” and lines 244-247
“Addi ionally, nea ly hal o he empi ic he apies we e ine ec i e agains he isola ed s ain,
unde sco ing he impo ance o s a ing ea men ha co e s me hicillin- esis an s ains when
CoNS in ec ions a e suspec ed. This app oach is suppo ed by ou inding ha o e 70% o
isola es in ou coho we e me hicillin- esis an , consis en wi h o he epo s.” Please e ise – I
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sugges dele ing hese pa s o he discussion. In addi ion, you no e o he i s ime in he
discussion ha only 90% p pa ien s ecei ed a ge ed he apy once cul u e esul s we e a ailable
– please include his a iable in he ables.
Response: We ag ee wi h he Edi o . We ha e made he eques ed changes by dele ing
he speci ied pa s o he discussion. Addi ionally, we ha e included he in o ma ion on
a ge ed he apy in he ables ha was missing.
Commen (9): Please check and e e ence lines 234-235 in he discussion on adhe ence o
guidelines ela ing o ca he e ex ac ion. Mos people ollow he IDSA guidelines ha as no ed
abo e allow e aining he ca he e in CONS CRBSI.
Response:
Following he Edi o ’s commen , we ha e comple ely e ised ha pa o he Discussion,
ecognizing ha IDSA guidelines conside ca he e e en ion in CoNS CRBSI.
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REVIEWER #1 COMMENTS
Commen (1): In his s udy, Spanish in es iga o s we e looking a pa ien s wi h coagulase-
nega i e s aphylococcus (CoNS) bac e emia in a p ospec i e s udy o bac e emia ha en olled a
mul iple hospi als in 2017. They sough o look a p edic o s o mo ali y and p oposed an
ope a ional de ini ion o complica ed bac e emia. Table 1 shows he cha ac e is ics o he 445
pa ien s included in he s udy. The au ho s de ined complica ed in ec ions acco ding o clinical
c i e ia p e iously applied o S. au eus bac e emia plus hey included lack o ca he e emo al
wi hin 48 hou s i CRBSI was p esen . 30 day mo ali y was highe in he complica ed
bac e emia g oup. Table 4 shows mul i- a ia e analysis whe e ea ly ca he e emo al was
associa ed wi h lowe mo ali y.
O e all: The au ho s a e add essing an impo an opic, namely bloods eam in ec ions due o
coagulase-nega i e s aphylococci. The main s eng hs o hei s udy a e he la ge sample size
and mul i-cen e design. The main weakness is ha i is obse a ional wi h all he d awbacks
such a s udy design en ails. Thus, al hough associa ions can be made, he clinical impac o his
s udy is limi ed. Mo eo e , he au ho s ha e combined in ec ion/pa ien cha ac e is ics, such as
pe sis en e e /p esence o in-dwelling de ice wi h p ac i ione decisions (i.e. ea ly ca he e
emo al) which ul ima ely obscu es hei de ini ion o “complica ed bac e emia”.
Response: Thank you o you commen . We acknowledge he signi ican limi a ions
inhe en in obse a ional s udies. Howe e , we belie e ha ou s udy design, ea u ing
p ospec i e da a collec ion, p o ides a aluable e lec ion o eal-wo ld p ac ices in
managing coagulase-nega i e s aphylococcal bloods eam in ec ions.
Rega ding he de ini ion o "complica ed bac e emia," we unde s and you conce n abou
he in eg a ion o pa ien /in ec ion cha ac e is ics and he physician's decision ega ding
ea ly ca he e emo al. We would like o emphasize ha ou de ini ion is no in ended o
be pa hophysiologic bu a he p ac ical o clinical use. I lack o ca he e emo al
impac s ou comes, we belie e ha conside ing i is use ul om a clinical pe spec i e.
Commen (2): The au ho s could ha e ac ually de i ed isk ac o s o poo ou come a he han
deciding on hem be o ehand and hen seeing i hey we e associa ed wi h mo ali y. This would
ha e s eng hened hei de ini ion o “complica ed in ec ion”.
Response: We app ecia e you insigh ul commen , which allows us o cla i y ou s udy's
pu pose. Ac ually, ou objec i e was hypo hesis-based, speci ically aiming o assess
whe he a p e-es ablished de ini ion o “complica ed bac e emia” was associa ed wi h an
inc eased isk o 30-day mo ali y ins ead o jus explo ing which a iables a e associa ed
wi h ou come. While iden i ying b oade isk ac o s o poo ou comes would indeed be
a ele an app oach, i aligns wi h a di e en objec i e han ou s. By applying p ede ined
c i e ia, we sough o e alua e hei associa ions wi h mo ali y, bo h collec i ely and
independen ly, wi hin ou ope a ional de ini ion.
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To e lec his mo e clea ly, we ha e e ised he s udy objec i es in he In oduc ion as
ollows: “This s udy aims o desc ibe a la ge coho o CoNS BSI cases, es whe he
p ede ined c i e ia o complica ed bac e emia a e associa ed wi h 30-day mo ali y and
iden i y o he ou come p edic o s.”
Commen (3): The e a e s a is ical e o s, such as in Table 1 when he au ho s compa e
uncomplica ed and complica ed in ec ion in e ms o whe he pa ien s ha e ea ly ca he e
emo al. Gi en ha ea ly ca he e emo al is pa o he de ini ion, i is no su p ising ha he e
is a s a is ically signi ican di e ence be ween he wo g oups. Gi en ha his manusc ip has
complex s a is ics a i s hea , his kind o compa ison aises conce n o he alidi y o he o he
indings.
Response: The Re iewe is igh ; we dele ed he s a is ical compa isons in Table 1
dealing wi h ac o s which a e c i e ia o complica ed bac e emia, as pa ien s wi h
uncomplica ed bac e emia canno mee hese c i e ia. We also ook his oppo uni y o
echeck all he da a be o e esubmission. We also cla i y ha in he Table oo .
Commen (4): On line 233 he au ho s s a e ha lack o ea ly emo al o a ca he e in CoNS
CRBSI indica es poo adhe ence o CRBSI managemen s anda ds wi hou gi ing a e e ence –
howe e , he 2009 IDSA guidelines (which a e mos cu en ) s a e ha is app op ia e o lea e a
ca he e in place ini ially o CoNS CRBSI and see how pa ien s do. The as majo i y o
pa ien s a e cu ed wi h his app oach (see PMID 19780661 which is no e e enced he e) which
in u n sa es pa ien s om unde going unnecessa y ca he e change. Thus, I would sugges he
au ho s empe his c i icism unless hey ha e o he da a o suppo i .
Response: Thank you o you insigh ul commen ; we ully ag ee wi h you
obse a ions. This conce n was also aised by he Edi o . We app ecia e you sugges ion
ega ding he e e ence, which has helped us cla i y ou pe spec i e. Following you and
he Edi o ’s commen , we ha e e ised in deep he Discussion sec ion dealing wi h his
aspec .
Commen (5): The au ho s should be ca e ul abou including ca he e e en ion in any model
wi hou speci ically unde s anding why ca he e s we e e ained. Fo example, i a pa ien is
dying o ano he p ocess, ca he e e en ion may simply e lec he unwillingness o he ea ing
physicians o pu he pa ien h ough mo e p ocedu es.
Response: Thank you o you commen . We ag ee ha unde s anding he speci ic easons o
ca he e e en ion is impo an ; howe e , ou da ase does no include his in o ma ion. Despi e
his limi a ion, he associa ion o ea ly ca he e emo al wi h mo ali y in ou coho emains
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Response: Thank you o aising his poin , which was also highligh ed in Commen (6)
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Commen (7): Majo poin . Line 144: In e ac ions we e e alua ed – could he au ho s please
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In e ac ions be ween complica ed bac e emia and he o he a iables in he inal model
we e assessed, as well as in e ac ions be ween he a iables and each indi idual c i e ion
de ining complica ed bac e emia. No clinically o s a is ically signi ican in e ac ions
we e obse ed. The explana ion can now be ead in he Sec ion “Me hods [3].
Mul i a iable eg ession model me hodology” in Supplemen a y ma e ial.
Commen (8): Majo poin . Resul s. I ‘me as a ic complica ion’ occu ed in <3% o cases,
could his c i e ion be omi ed?
Response: Thank you o he commen . Since he de ini ion o complica ed bac e emia
was p e-de ined, we decided o e ain all he c i e ia conside ed. To no e, 5 o he 7
pa ien s wi h me as a ic complica ions me o he c i e ia o "complica ed bac e emia": 1
was a ascula p os he ic de ice ca ie , 1 had an a icula de ice, 2 had pe sis en e e ,
and 1 had a CRBSI wi hou ea ly ca he e emo al. Only wo pa ien s did no mee any
o he "complica ed c i e ia," and he de ini ion was solely a ibu ed o he p esence o
me as a ic oci. We ha e added his explana ion in he Supplemen a y Ma e ial unde he
sec ion "Me hods [2]: Jus i ica ion o he inclusion o “me as a ic complica ions” as a
c i e ion o “complica ed bac e emia”."
Commen (9): Mino poin . Gene al aspec s. The manusc ip could bene i om some language
edi ing.
Response: Thank you o you eedback. We ha e e ised he manusc ip o cla i y and
language quali y o enhance i s o e all eadabili y.
Commen (10): Mino poin . Abs ac and h oughou he manusc ip . Sugges o use ‘in ec i e’
endoca di is ins ead o ‘in ec ious’.
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Commen (11): Mino poin . Line 103: which (in a ascula ) ca he e s we e included – please
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Response: Cul u es d awn om any ype o in a ascula ca he e could be sen o
mic obiology o iden i ica ion o CRBSI, i submi ed alongside pe iphe al blood
cul u es. This in o ma ion was added o he Supplemen a y Ma e ial unde he sec ion
“S udy mic obiological and clinical inclusion c i e ia o CoNS bloods eam in ec ion
episodes,” speci ically wi hin he mic obiological c i e ia.
Commen (12): Mino poin . Me hods and Resul s. Please speci y which implan ed de ices we e
included (so a ou lined in able, bu no in ex ).
Response: Since his in o ma ion is in he Table, we hink is i su icien , also gi en he
wo ds limi ; howe e , we a e open o ollowing any speci ic guidance om he Edi o on
his ma e .
Commen (13): Mino poin . Discussion. Line 214: please elabo a e o gi e e e ences o he
‘p e ious s udies’ men ioned.
Response: The e e ence was indeed p o ided a he end o he sen ence, bu we will
mo e i wi hin he sen ence o imp o ed cla i y.
We would inally like o decla e he ollowing:
•In Table 2, he c i e ion o “p ima y endoca di is” was omi ed in he p e ious e sion.
While i was conside ed in he coun , i was inad e en ly excluded om he able. This
has been co ec ed, and he c i e ion is now included in he e ised able.
•In esponse o he au ho s' and e iewe s' commen s, he cu en e sion o he
manusc ip is 2,593 wo ds, which sligh ly exceeds he wo d limi .
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1Mo ali y p edic o s and de ini ion p oposal o complica ed coagulase-nega i e
S aphylococcus
2bac e emia. A mul icen e p ospec i e coho s udy
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4Au ho s
5Benede a Va isco1, Ped o Ma ía Ma ínez Pé ez-C espo2, Pila Re ama -Gen il3,4, Inmaculada López
6He nandez3,4, Mª Ca men Fa iñas-Ál a ez4,5, Isabel Fe nández-Na al6, Ma ía Te esa Pé ez-
7Rod íguez7, Ane Josune Goikoe xea Agui e8, Juan Manuel Sánchez-Cal o9, Luis Buzón Ma ín10,
8E a León-Jiménez2, Da id Vinuesa Ga cía11, José Ma ía Regue a-Iglesias12, Albe o Bahamonde-
9Ca asco13, Jona han Fe nández Suá ez14, Jesús Rod íguez-Baño3,4*, Luis Edua do López-Co és3,4*,
10 on behal o he PROBAC REIPI/GEIH-SEIMC/SAEI G oup
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12 A ilia ions
13 1Depa men o Heal h Sciences, Clinic o In ec ious Diseases, Uni e si y o Milan, ASST San i Paolo
14 e Ca lo, Via A. Di Rudinì, 8, 20142, Milan, I aly.
15 2Unidad de En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología, Hospi al Uni e si a io de Valme, 41014,
16 Se illa, Spain.
17 3Unidad Clínica de En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología, Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen
18 Maca ena; Depa amen os de Medicina y Mic obiología, Facul ad de Medicina, Uni e sidad de
19 Se illa; Ins i u o de Biomedicina de Se illa (IBiS)/CSIC, 41009, Se ille, Spain.
20 4CIBERINFEC, Ins i u o de Salud Ca los III, 28029, Mad id, Spain.
21 5Unidad de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io Ma qués de Valdecilla, Uni e sidad de
22 Can ab ia, IDIVAL, 39008, San ande , Spain.
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23 6Depa men o Clinical Mic obiology, Complejo Asis encial Uni e si a io de León (CAULE), 24071,
24 León, Spain.
25 7 In ec ious Diseases Uni , Depa men o In e nal Medicine, Complexo Hospi ala io Uni e si a io de
26 Vigo, 36312, Vigo, Spain; Ins i u o de In es igación Biomédica Galicia Su , Spain.
27 8 Unidad de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io de C uces, 48903, Bizkaia, Spain.
28 9 Uni o In ec ious Diseases and Clinical Mic obiology. Je ez De La F on e a Uni e si y Hospi al,
29 11407, Je ez De La F on e a, Cádiz, Spain.
30 10 Unidad de Ges ión Clínica de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io de Bu gos, 09006,
31 Bu gos, Spain.
32 11 Unidad Ges ión Clínica En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io Clínico San Cecilio,
33 18016, G anada, Spain.
34 12Se icio de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Regional Uni e si a io de Málaga, IBIMA Málaga,
35 29010, Málaga, Spain.
36 13Depa amen o de Medicina In e na, Hospi al de El Bie zo, 24404, Pon e ada, Spain.
37 14Unidad de Mic obiología, Ins i u o de In es igación Sani a ia del P incipado de As u ias (ISPA),
38 Hospi al Uni e si a io Cen al de As u ias, 33011, O iedo, Spain.
39 *These au ho s con ibu ed equally as senio au ho s.
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41 Co esponding au ho
42 Luis Edua do López-Co és
43 In ec ious Diseases and Mic obiology Uni
44 Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen Maca ena
45 Depa men o Medicine, Uni e si y o Se illa
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46 Biomedicines Ins i u e o Se illa
47 41009 Se illa, Spain
48 Phone: +34 670 946 430
49 Email: [email p o ec ed]
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50 Keywo ds. Coagulase-nega i e s aphylococci; bloods eam in ec ions; complica ed bac e emia
51 A icle ype. O iginal a icle
52 Subjec sec ion. Bac e ial In ec ions; An imic obial S ewa dship
53 Abs ac wo d coun . 245
54 Tex wo d coun . 2593
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56 ABSTRACT
57 Objec i e. To explo e a de ini ion o complica ed coagulase-nega i e s aphylococci bloods eam
58 in ec ions (CoNS BSI), and o iden i y p edic o s o mo ali y.
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60 Me hods. P ospec i e coho s udy conduc ed om Oc obe 2016 o Ma ch 2017 in 26 Spanish
61 hospi als. Complica ed CoNS BSI c i e ia included lack o ea ly ca he e emo al in ca he e - ela ed
62 cases, o eign indwelling implan , pe sis en bac e emia, e e ≥72 hou s on ac i e he apy, me as a ic
63 in ec ion o deep-sea ed ocus and in ec i e endoca di is. Independen p edic o s o 30-day mo ali y
64 we e e alua ed by Cox eg ession, and he impac o he de ini ion o complica ed bac e emia assessed.
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66 Resul s. O e all, 445 CoNS BSI cases we e included; ca he e - ela ed in ec ions we e p edominan
67 (336/445, 75.5%). Complica ed bac e emia was iden i ied in 240/445 pa ien s (53.9%); 30-day
68 mo ali y in complica ed and uncomplica ed cases we e 53/240 (22.1%) and 24/205 (11.7%),
69 espec i ely (p=0.004). P edic o s o 30-day mo ali y iden i ied in he mul i a ia e analysis included
70 age (HR 1.03, 95%CI 1.01-1.05), ce eb o ascula disease (HR 2.58, 95%CI 1.45-4.58),
71 immunosupp essi e he apy (HR 2.16, 95%CI 1.22-3.84), SOFA sco e (HR 1.09, 95%CI 1.03-1.16),
72 and complica ed bac e emia (HR 2.14, 95%CI 1.29-3.53). A ca he e - ela ed sou ce o bac e emia was
73 ound o be p o ec i e (HR 0.49, 95%CI 0.30-0.80). When speci ic c i e ia o de ine complica ed
74 bac e emia we e included, e e ≥72h was associa ed wi h inc eased isk o dea h (HR 2.52, 95%CI
75 1.52-4.17) and ea ly ca he e emo al was p o ec i e (HR 0.47, 95%CI 0.26-0.83).
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77 Conclusions. A high p opo ion o pa ien s p esen ed complica ed bac e emia acco ding o he
78 p oposed c i e ia; hese pa ien s had highe haza ds o mo ali y. O he mo ali y p edic o s we e
79 iden i ied. Fu he s udies would be needed o alida e he p oposed c i e ia.
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80 INTRODUCTION
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82 Coagulase-nega i e s aphylococci (CoNS) ha e adi ionally been ega ded as low- i ulence
83 o ganisms due o hei ole as skin commensals and equen con aminan s in mic obiological
84 samples. They a e now ecognized as a leading cause o nosocomial bloods eam in ec ions (BSI),
85 pa icula ly ca he e - ela ed (CRBSI), due o hei abili y o o m bio ilms.1 Despi e hei high
86 p e alence, esea ch in o he mo bidi y and mo ali y o CoNS bac e emia emains limi ed, wi h
87 epo ed mo ali y a es anging om 4% o 24%.2–7 Fu he mo e, ea men ecommenda ions ely
88 on limi ed e idence, e lec ing he challenge o dis inguishing ue in ec ions om con amina ion.8
89 Ne e heless, a combina ion o accu a e clinical e alua ion and in e p e a ion o mic obiological
90 indings (pa icula ly he numbe o posi i e blood cul u es)9 can help educe misdiagnoses.
91 In e ms o ea men , he In ec ious Diseases Socie y o Ame ica (IDSA) guidelines10
92 ecommend ea ing uncomplica ed CoNS CRBSI o 5-7 days i he ca he e is emo ed, and o 10-
93 14 days wi h an ibio ic lock he apy i he ca he e is e ained (le el BIII e idence). Howe e , o he
94 bes o ou knowledge, he impac o delayed ca he e emo al in high- isk pa ien s has no been
95 sys ema ically assessed. Addi ionally, c i e ia o complica ed bac e emia used in he guidelines
96 include suppu a i e h ombophlebi is, endoca di is, os eomyeli is, and me as a ic seeding, hough
97 hese c i e ia a e no speci ic o CoNS in ec ions.10 Whe he addi ional c i e ia, such as p olonged
98 e e , pe sis en bac e emia, and lack o sou ce con ol (conside ed o
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99 a e associa ed wi h wo se ou comes in CoNS BSI emains uns udied.
100 This s udy aims o desc ibe a la ge coho o CoNS BSI cases, e alua e he associa ion
101 be ween p ede ined c i e ia o complica ed bac e emia and 30-day mo ali y, and iden i y o he
102 ou come p edic o s.
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108 yea s admi ed o 26 hospi als in Spain om Oc obe 1, 2016, o Ma ch 31, 2017, wi h clinically
109 signi ican BSI.13,14 The coho included 18 e ia y ca e and 8 communi y hospi als.
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113 included in he s udy i hey me bo h mic obiological and clinical p especi ied c i e ia (Me hods [1],
114 Supplemen a y Ma e ial). In summa y, mic obiological c i e ia equi ed he isola ion o he same
115 CoNS species wi h an iden ical suscep ibili y p o ile om a leas wo dis inc blood cul u e se s, wi h
116 addi ional c i e ia o ca he e - ela ed in ec ions.10 Clinical c i e ia included he p esence o a leas
117 wo sys emic in ec ion signs ( e e o hypo he mia, achyca dia, achypnoea, leukocy osis o
118 leukopenia). Addi ionally, o he causes o in ec ion we e easonably excluded; o pa ien s in whom
119 he sou ce o bac e emia was excep ional o CoNS (i.e., pneumonia, in a-abdominal in ec ion,
120 meningi is, o unknown sou ce in pa ien s wi hou ca he e s o p os he ic ma e ial), he opinion o a
121 second local in es iga o was sough .
122 The ollowing exclusion c i e ia we e applied: polymic obial BSI; in ec ions by
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124 species wi h clinical signs and symp oms consis en wi h in ec ion, wi hin h ee mon hs a e esolu ion
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261 disease, and immunosupp essi e he apy we e linked o highe mo ali y, likely e lec ing pa ien
262 ail y, while he SOFA sco e indica ed acu e se e i y. Addi ionally, ca he e - ela ed in ec ions we e
263 associa ed wi h lowe mo ali y compa ed o in ec ions om o he sou ces.
264 In he absence o speci ic c i e ia o CoNS BSI, ou s udy used modi ied c i e ia o iginally
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266 independen ly associa ed wi h highe mo ali y sugges s ha hese c i e ia migh be use ul o CoNS
267 BSI as well. Howe e , he sepa a e analysis in he second model, whe e no all c i e ia we e linked o
268 mo ali y, indica es he need o a ailo ed app oach o CoNS BSI in u u e esea ch.
269 FUBC we e pe o med in ewe han 30% o cases in ou coho . Al hough speci ic guidelines
270 a e lacking, ob aining hem in high- isk pa ien s wi h complica ed bac e emia may be bene icial,
271 especially gi en he obse ed associa ion be ween mo ali y and pe sis en e e , which could indica e
272 ongoing bac e emia. In con as , FUBC may be unnecessa y o low- isk cases, as sugges ed by Badia-
273 Cebada e al.23 Thei ial compa ing an ibio ics e sus no an ibio ics in low- isk CoNS CRBSI ound
274 only one case o pe sis en bac e emia in he no-an ibio ics g oup. Howe e , he small sample size due
275 o s udy in e up ion limi s he s eng h o hese indings.
276 Al hough ou s udy ound ea ly ca he e emo al o be p o ec i e agains mo ali y, i was
277 ca ied ou in ewe han 60% o CRBSI cases. IDSA guidelines conside he possibili y o ca he e
278 e en ion in uncomplica ed CoNS CRBSI cases.10 Howe e , despi e he ac ha some s udies sugges
279 ha ca he e e en ion in CoNS bloods eam in ec ions may no signi ican ly impac mo ali y, i
280 emains an independen isk ac o o ecu ence,24 while ecu ence is a e a e ca he e emo al.25
281 Ou inding ha ea ly ca he e emo al is independen ly associa ed wi h a p o ec i e e ec on 30-day
282 mo ali y sugges s he need o u he s udies o be e iden i y he subg oups o pa ien s in whom
283 e aining he ca he e is sa e.
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284 In ou s udy, abou one- hi d o pa ien s did no ecei e empi ic he apy a he onse o in ec ion;
285 howe e , app oxima ely 90% o hese pa ien s we e ini ia ed on a ge ed he apy once cul u e esul s
286 became a ailable. Omi ing empi ic he apy may be jus i ied i no isk ac o s a e p esen and sou ce
287 con ol (e.g. ca he e emo al) is achie ed, po en ially making subsequen a ge ed he apy
288 unnecessa y. 23,26
289 Ou s udy has limi a ions. Fi s , he absence o a compa a i e g oup es ic s ou abili y o
290 es ablish causal ela ionships and assess he p opo ion o mo ali y di ec ly a ibu able o CoNS BSI
291 e sus unde lying condi ions. Al hough a mino i y o pa ien s did no comple e he 30-day ollow-up,
292 sensi i i y analyses sugges he esul s a e obus . We acknowledge ha posi i e FUBC esul s likely
293 ep esen only a subse o pe sis en bac e emia cases, as some pa ien s wi hou FUBC may ha e had
294 unde ec ed posi i e esul s; al hough we e ospec i ely analyzed ac o s in luencing he decision o
295 pe o m FUBC, he da a lacks clea indica ions o each case. None heless, we belie e including his
296 a iable is impo an o highligh he need o u he s udies o cla i y FUBC indica ions in CoNS
297 bloods eam in ec ions. Managemen o pa ien s was pe o med acco ding o a ending physicians and
298 he e o e was no s anda dized; none heless, we belie e he da a e lec eal-wo ld clinical p ac ice.
299 Despi e e o s like in es iga o aining and da a moni o ing, some da a collec ion e o s may s ill
300 exis . Howe e , he s udy's s eng hs include a la ge sample size, and a mul icen e , p ospec i e design
301 conduc ed by in ec ious disease expe s in hospi als wi h bac e emia p og ams, which enhances he
302 c edibili y o ou indings.
303 In summa y, ou s udy iden i ies key mo ali y ac o s in CoNS BSI and emphasizes he need
304 o imp o ed isk s a i ica ion. The p oposed de ini ion o complica ed CoNS BSI needs alida ion
305 in u he s udies.
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307 AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
308
309 Concep ualiza ion: LELC, JRB. Me hodology and s a is ical analysis: BV, LELC, JRB.
310 O iginal d a : BV. Re iew & edi ing: BV, LELC, JRB (all au ho s). Supe ision: JRB. P ojec
311 adminis a ion: LELC. Funding acquisi ion: LELC, JRB. All au ho s con ibu ed o he inal
312 manusc ip .
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314 FUNDING
315
316 This esea ch was suppo ed by g an s om Plan Nacional de I+D+i 2013-2016, Ins i u o de
317 Salud Ca los III, Subdi ección Gene al de Redes y Cen os de In es igación Coope a i a, Minis e io
318 de Ciencia, Inno ación y Uni e sidades (PI16/01432); he Spanish Ne wo k o Resea ch in In ec ious
319 Diseases (REIPI) (RD16/0016/0001; RD16/ 0016/0008); and co- inanced by he Eu opean Regional
320 De elopmen Fund unde he 'A way o achie e Eu ope' Ope a ional P og am o In elligen G ow h
321 2014-2020.
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323 TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
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325 PRG has se ed as a scien i ic ad iso o Shionogi and Ad anz, speake o Angelini, and
326 Mena ini. LELC has se ed as a scien i ic ad iso o No a is, speake o MSD, P ize , Angelini,
327 and ViiV, and aine o MSD and ViiV. The o he au ho s decla e no con lic s o in e es .
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2bac e emia. A mul icen e p ospec i e coho s udy
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4Au ho s
5Benede a Va isco1, Ped o Ma ía Ma ínez Pé ez-C espo2, Pila Re ama -Gen il3,4, Inmaculada López
6He nandez3,4, Mª Ca men Fa iñas-Ál a ez4,5, Isabel Fe nández-Na al6, Ma ía Te esa Pé ez-
7Rod íguez7, Ane Josune Goikoe xea Agui e8, Juan Manuel Sánchez-Cal o9, Luis Buzón Ma ín10,
8E a León-Jiménez2, Da id Vinuesa Ga cía11, José Ma ía Regue a-Iglesias12, Albe o Bahamonde-
9Ca asco13, Jona han Fe nández Suá ez14, Jesús Rod íguez-Baño3,4*, Luis Edua do López-Co és3,4*,
10 on behal o he PROBAC REIPI/GEIH-SEIMC/SAEI G oup
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12 A ilia ions
13 1Depa men o Heal h Sciences, Clinic o In ec ious Diseases, Uni e si y o Milan, ASST San i Paolo
14 e Ca lo, Via A. Di Rudinì, 8, 20142, Milan, I aly.
15 2Unidad de En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología, Hospi al Uni e si a io de Valme, 41014,
16 Se illa, Spain.
17 3Unidad Clínica de En e medades In ecciosas y Mic obiología, Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen
18 Maca ena; Depa amen os de Medicina y Mic obiología, Facul ad de Medicina, Uni e sidad de
19 Se illa; Ins i u o de Biomedicina de Se illa (IBiS)/CSIC, 41009, Se ille, Spain.
20 4CIBERINFEC, Ins i u o de Salud Ca los III, 28029, Mad id, Spain.
21 5Unidad de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io Ma qués de Valdecilla, Uni e sidad de
22 Can ab ia, IDIVAL, 39008, San ande , Spain.
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23 6Depa men o Clinical Mic obiology, Complejo Asis encial Uni e si a io de León (CAULE), 24071,
24 León, Spain.
25 7 In ec ious Diseases Uni , Depa men o In e nal Medicine, Complexo Hospi ala io Uni e si a io de
26 Vigo, 36312, Vigo, Spain; Ins i u o de In es igación Biomédica Galicia Su , Spain.
27 8 Unidad de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io de C uces, 48903, Bizkaia, Spain.
28 9 Uni o In ec ious Diseases and Clinical Mic obiology. Je ez De La F on e a Uni e si y Hospi al,
29 11407, Je ez De La F on e a, Cádiz, Spain.
30 10 Unidad de Ges ión Clínica de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io de Bu gos, 09006,
31 Bu gos, Spain.
32 11 Unidad Ges ión Clínica En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Uni e si a io Clínico San Cecilio,
33 18016, G anada, Spain.
34 12Se icio de En e medades In ecciosas, Hospi al Regional Uni e si a io de Málaga, IBIMA Málaga,
35 29010, Málaga, Spain.
36 13Depa amen o de Medicina In e na, Hospi al de El Bie zo, 24404, Pon e ada, Spain.
37 14Unidad de Mic obiología, Ins i u o de In es igación Sani a ia del P incipado de As u ias (ISPA),
38 Hospi al Uni e si a io Cen al de As u ias, 33011, O iedo, Spain.
39 *These au ho s con ibu ed equally as senio au ho s.
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41 Co esponding au ho
42 Luis Edua do López-Co és
43 In ec ious Diseases and Mic obiology Uni
44 Hospi al Uni e si a io Vi gen Maca ena
45 Depa men o Medicine, Uni e si y o Se illa
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47 41009 Se illa, Spain
48 Phone: +34 670 946 430
49 Email: [email p o ec ed]
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173 CRBSI cases, absence o ca he e emo al wi hin 48 hou s. Da a quali y was moni o ed, wi h que ies
174 sen o local in es iga o s o inconsis encies o missing da a.
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177 Ca ego ical a iables we e p esen ed as coun s/pe cen ages, and con inuous a iables as
178 median wi h in e qua ile ange (IQR). Ca ego ical a iables we e compa ed using Chi-squa e o
179 Fishe exac es s, and con inuous a iables wi h S uden ’s - es s o Mann-Whi ney U es s. S a i ied
180 analyses we e pe o med o accoun o po en ial con ounde s and e ec modi ie s.
181 Su i al cu es o pa ien s wi h complica ed and uncomplica ed bac e emia we e plo ed and
182 compa ed using he log- ank es . Pa ien s wi hou a 30-day assessmen we e censo ed a hei las
183 ollow-up. Independen p edic o s o 30-day mo ali y we e iden i ied using Cox eg ession, wi h
184 a iables selec ed h ough a s epwise backwa d p ocedu e, including hose wi h a p- alue <0.1 in
185 uni a ia e analysis and hose o clinical o li e a u e-based ele ance. (Me hods [3], Supplemen a y
186 Ma e ial). In e ac ions we e e alua ed.
187 To assess he impac o complica ed bac e emia on mo ali y, we de eloped wo models: one
188 including he composi e a iable "complica ed bac e emia" and ano he including ins ead each
189 c i e ion o complica ed bac e emia indi idually. To assess he impac o complica ed bac e emia on
190 mo ali y, wo models we e de eloped: one wi h a composi e a iable o complica ed bac e emia and
191 ano he analyzing each c i e ion indi idually.
192 Sensi i i y analyses we e pe o med using logis ic eg ession o es he obus ness o indings,
193 accoun ing o 21 pa ien s censo ed be o e day 30. Assump ions included all 21 su i ing and andom
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194 impu a ion o wo dea hs in 10 i e a ions (Me hods [4], Supplemen a y ma e ial). Addi ionally, we
195 epea ed he mul i a iable models excluding pa ien s classi ied as ha ing a apidly a al unde lying
196 disease acco ding o he McCabe classi ica ion (i.e., conside ed o ha e a high p obabili y o dying
197 wi hin he nex h ee mon hs) o accoun o cases whe e a e minal condi ion migh p eclude ce ain
198 aspec s o managemen and in whom dea h would likely be p ima ily a ibu able o he unde lying
199 condi ion (Table S5). S a is ical analyses we e conduc ed using SPSS e sion 29.0.1.0 (SPSS Inc.,
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205 The PROBAC coho included 6,313 episodes o bac e emia, wi h CoNS isola ed om blood
206 cul u es and no conside ed con aminan s in 481 cases. A e excluding 36 cases (28 polymic obial
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209 Among hese pa ien s, he majo i y (268/445, 60.2%) we e male, wi h a median age o 67 yea s
210 (IQR 54-76). The mos common sou ce o in ec ion was ca he e - ela ed (336/445, 75.5%). A onse ,
211 109/445 pa ien s (24.5%) had a SOFA sco e ≥2, and 327/445 isola es (73.5%) we e me hicillin-
212 esis an . FUBC Follow-up blood cul u es we e pe o med in 122/445 pa ien s (27.4%), e ealing
213 pe sis en bac e emia in 44 o hemse cases (36.1% o pa ien s wi h FUBCs), which ep esen s 9.8%
214 o he o al coho . Compa a i e analysis be ween pa ien s wi h and wi hou FUBC (Table S1) showed
215 ha pa ien s wi h endoca di is (9.8% s. 2.2%, espec i ely; p<0.001), ca diac p os he ic al es (7.4%
216 s. 2.2%, p=0.008), and pacemake s (6.6% s. 1.5%, p=0.005) mo e equen ly had FUBC. Ac i e
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217 empi ic he apy was adminis e ed o 155 pa ien s (34.8%). Empi ic he apy was adminis e ed in 67.2%
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219 In-hospi al mo ali y was 14.8% (66/445), while 30-day mo ali y was 17.3% (77/445). Da a
220 o 21/445 pa ien s (4.7%) who we e discha ged ali e and we e no assessed a day 30 be o e day 30
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224 Among he 445 pa ien s, 240 (53.9%) me he c i e ia o complica ed BSI (Table 2). The mos
225 common issue was delayed ca he e emo al in CRBSI (141/240 pa ien s, 58.8%), ollowed by
226 pe sis en e e o ≥72 hou s (77/240 pa ien s, 32.1%) and he p esence o a p os he ic de ice (64/240
227 pa ien s, 26.7%).
228 Pa ien s wi h complica ed BSI had a highe p e alence o mode a e- o-se e e CKD (13.3% s.
229 7.3%, p=0.045) and we e mo e likely o be on immunosupp essi e he apy (18.3% s. 10.2%,
230 p=0.016). Sep ic shock was also mo e equen (10% s. 4.4%, p=0.024). Ca he e - ela ed in ec ions
231 we e mo e p e alen in complica ed cases (80.8% s. 69.3%, p=0.005), while an unknown bac e emia
232 sou ce was mo e common in uncomplica ed cases (18.1% s. 5%, p<0.001). Addi ionally, oxacillin
233 esis ance was highe among hose wi h complica ed BSI (80.4% s. 65.4%, p<0.001).
234 Mo ali y was signi ican ly highe in he complica ed g oup (22.1% s. 11.7%, p=0.004). The
235 p opo ion o censo ed pa ien s was simila be ween g oups (4.5% s. 4.8%, p=0.88). Pa ien s wi h
236 complica ed BSI had a longe hospi al s ay (median 17 days [IQR 7-34] s. 11 days [IQR 7-23],
237 p=0.07), bu he e we e no signi ican di e ences in ICU admission o ecu ence. Su i al cu es a e
238 shown in Figu e 1.
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241 Bi a ia e analysis esul s a e in Table 3, and mul i a ia e esul s a e in Table 4. Iin mul i a ia e
242 model 1 (Table 4), which conside ed “complica ed BSI” as a single en i y, inc eased mo ali y was
243 associa ed wi h age (HR 1.03 pe yea , 95% CI 1.01-1.05), ce eb o ascula disease (HR 2.58, 95% CI
244 1.45-4.58), immunosupp essi e he apy (HR 2.16, 95% CI 1.22-3.84), SOFA sco e (HR 1.09 pe sco e
245 poin , 95% CI 1.03-1.16), and complica ed bac e emia (HR 2.14, 95% CI 1.29-3.53). Con e sely, a
246 ca he e sou ce o bac e emia was p o ec i e (HR 0.49, 95% CI 0.30-0.80) (Table 4). The AUROC o
247 he model was 0.75 (95%CI 0.70 – 0.81).
248 In models 2, he speci ic c i e ia o complica ed bac e emia we e included sepa a ely ins ead
249 o he composi e a iable. In model 2a, which included all pa ien s e alua ed each c i e ion o
250 “complica ed BSI” sepa a ely, ca he e emo al was ca ego ized as CRBSI wi hou ea ly ca he e
251 emo al ( e e ence), CRBSI wi h ea ly ca he e emo al, and non-CRBSI; , pe sis en e e (HR 2.52,
252 95% CI 1.52-4.17) was a isk ac o o mo ali y, while ea ly ca he e emo al in CRBSI was
253 p o ec i e (HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.26-0.83). The ca he e - ela ed o igin was no linked o mo ali y in his
254 model.In Model 2b, which included only he CRBSI cases, he same componen s we e ound o be
255 associa ed wi h mo ali y, wi h simila haza d a ios. The AUROC o models 2a and 2b we e 0.75
256 (95%CI 0.69–0.81) and 0.75 (95%CI 0.67–0.82), espec i ely.
257 Tables S21 and S32 show he bi a ia e analysis o in-hospi al mo ali y and he mul i a ia e
258 logis ic eg ession models. P edic o s o in-hospi al mo ali y we e consis en wi h hose o 30-day
259 mo ali y. Sensi i i y analysis, which impu ed wo dea hs o pa ien s discha ged ali e be o e day 30,
260 e ealed adjus ed odds a ios (aORs) o complica ed bac e emia anging om 1.90 o 2.06, wi h all
261 95% CIs abo e 1 (Table S43). Addi ionally, in he sensi i i y analysis excluding he 28 pa ien s wi h
262 a apidly a al unde lying disease, complica ed bac e emia emained associa ed wi h inc eased haza ds
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263 o mo ali y (HR 2.34, 95%CI 1.37–3.99), while ca he e emo al wi h lowe mo ali y (HR 0.46,
264 95%CI 0.25–0.85) (Table S5).
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266 DISCUSSION
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268 This p ospec i e coho s udy analyzed pa ien demog aphics, clinical ea u es, complica ions,
269 and ou comes o CoNS BSI. A de ini ion o complica ed bac e emia was explo ed, consis en ly linked
270 oassocia ed wi h highe 30-day mo ali y, wi h wo o he de ining c i e ia showing indi idual
271 associa ion: pe sis en e e and delayed ca he e emo al.
272 To ou knowledge, his is he la ges coho ocused solely on CoNS BSI, unde sco ing he
273 ela i e lack o esea ch compa ed o he ex ensi e li e a u e on
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274 cha ac e is ics align wi h hose ypical o ca he e - ela ed BSI, such as ad anced age and high
275 como bidi y a es. No ably, abou 25% o pa ien s had sepsis a onse . The 30-day all-cause mo ali y
276 a e was 17.3%, wi h p e ious s udies epo ing a wide ange o mo ali y a es om 4% o 24% 2–7,
277 likely due o a ia ions in pa ien popula ions and c i e ia o de ining CoNS bac e emia.
278 P e ious s udies ha e iden i ied isk ac o s o mo ali y including age, lack o ac i e an ibio ic
279 ea men , and como bidi ies like enal o li e disease. 2–5 In ou s udy, ad anced age, ce eb o ascula
280 disease, and immunosupp essi e he apy we e linked o highe mo ali y, likely e lec ing pa ien
281 ail y, while he SOFA sco e indica ed acu e se e i y. Addi ionally, ca he e - ela ed in ec ions we e
282 associa ed wi h lowe mo ali y compa ed o in ec ions om o he sou ces.2–5
283 In he absence o speci ic c i e ia o CoNS BSI, ou s udy used modi ied c i e ia o iginally
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285 independen ly associa ed wi h highe mo ali y sugges s ha hese c i e ia migh be use ul o CoNS
286 BSI as well. Howe e , he sepa a e analysis in he second model, whe e no all c i e ia we e linked o
287 mo ali y, indica es he need o a ailo ed app oach o CoNS BSI in u u e esea ch.
288 Follow-up blood cul u esFUBC we e pe o med in ewe han 30% o cases in ou coho .
289 Al hough speci ic guidelines a e lacking, ob aining hem in conside ing ollow-up blood cul u es o
290 high- isk pa ien s wi h complica ed bac e emia may be bene icial, especially gi en he obse ed
291 associa ion be ween mo ali y and pe sis en e e , which could indica e ongoing bac e emia. In
292 con as , FUBC ollow-up blood cul u es may be unnecessa y o low- isk cases, as sugges ed by
293 Badia-Cebada e al.23 Thei ial compa ing an ibio ics e sus no an ibio ics in low- isk CoNS CRBSI
294 ound only one case o pe sis en bac e emia in he no-an ibio ics g oup. Howe e , he small sample
295 size due o s udy in e up ion limi s he s eng h o hese indings.
296 Al hough ou s udy ound ea ly ca he e emo al o be p o ec i e agains mo ali y, i was
297 ca ied ou in ewe han 60% o CRBSI cases. IDSA guidelines conside he possibili y o ca he e
298 e en ion in uncomplica ed CoNS CRBSI cases.10 Howe e , despi e he ac ha some s udies sugges
299 ha ca he e e en ion in CoNS bloods eam in ec ions may no signi ican ly impac mo ali y, i
300 emains an independen isk ac o o ecu ence,24 while ecu ence is a e a e ca he e emo al.25
301 Ou inding ha ea ly ca he e emo al is independen ly associa ed wi h a p o ec i e e ec on 30-day
302 mo ali y sugges s he need o u he s udies o be e iden i y he subg oups o pa ien s in whom
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303 e aining he ca he e is sa e. This indica es poo adhe ence o CRBSI managemen s anda ds, e en in
304 hospi als wi h dedica ed bac e emia p og ams, whe e ea ly ca he e emo al is c ucial. In cases wi hou
305 isk ac o s o complica ions, emo ing he in ec ed ca he e alone migh be su icien and could
306 po en ially educe he need o an ibio ics. Howe e , suppo ing da a o his app oach emains limi ed
307 In ou s udy, abou one- hi d o pa ien s did no ecei e empi ic he apy a he onse o in ec ion
308 onse ; howe e , hough app oxima ely 90% o hese pa ien s we e s a ed ini ia ed on on a ge ed
309 he apy once cul u e esul s we e became a ailable. Omi ing empi ic he apy may be jus i ied i no
310 isk ac o s a e p esen and sou ce con ol (e.g. ca he e emo al) is achie ed, po en ially making
311 subsequen a ge ed he apy unnecessa y , as p e iously men ioned. 23,2625–27 Howe e , empi ic he apy
312 should be ini ia ed i isk ac o s o ad e se ou comes a e iden i ied. These indings highligh he need
313 o ca e ul ini ial assessmen and isk s a i ica ion.
314 Addi ionally, nea ly hal o he empi ic he apies we e ine ec i e agains he isola ed s ain,
315 unde sco ing he impo ance o s a ing ea men ha co e s me hicillin- esis an s ains when CoNS
316 in ec ions a e suspec ed. This app oach is suppo ed by ou inding ha o e 70% o isola es in ou
317 coho we e me hicillin- esis an , consis en wi h o he epo s.
318 Ou s udy has limi a ions. Fi s , he absence o a compa a i e g oup es ic s ou abili y o
319 es ablish causal ela ionships and assess he p opo ion o mo ali y di ec ly a ibu able o CoNS BSI
320 e sus unde lying condi ions. Al hough a mino i y o pa ien s did no comple e he 30-day ollow-up,
321 sensi i i y analyses sugges he esul s a e obus . We acknowledge ha posi i e FUBC esul s likely
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322 ep esen only a subse o pe sis en bac e emia cases, as some pa ien s wi hou FUBC may ha e had
323 unde ec ed posi i e esul s; al hough we e ospec i ely analyzed ac o s in luencing he decision o
324 pe o m FUBC, he da a lacks clea indica ions o each case. None heless, we belie e including his
325 a iable is impo an o highligh he need o u he s udies o cla i y FUBC indica ions in CoNS
326 bloods eam in ec ions. Managemen o pa ien s was pe o med acco ding o a ending physicians and
327 he e o e wasa no s anda dized; none heless, we belie e he da a e lec eal-wo ld clinical p ac ice.
328 Despi e e o s like in es iga o aining and da a moni o ing, some da a collec ion e o s may s ill
329 exis . Howe e , he s udy's s eng hs include a la ge sample size, and a mul icen e , p ospec i e design
330 conduc ed by in ec ious disease expe s in hospi als wi h bac e emia p og ams, which enhances he
331 c edibili y o ou indings.
332 In summa y, ou s udy iden i ies key mo ali y ac o s in CoNS BSI and emphasizes he need
333 o imp o ed isk s a i ica ion. The p oposed de ini ion o complica ed CoNS BSI needs alida ion
334 in u he s udies.
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336 AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
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338 Concep ualiza ion: LELC, JRB. Me hodology and s a is ical analysis: BV, LELC, JRB. O iginal d a :
339 BV. Re iew & edi ing: BV, LELC, JRB (all au ho s). Supe ision: JRB. P ojec adminis a ion:
340 LELC. Funding acquisi ion: LELC, JRB. All au ho s con ibu ed o he inal manusc ip .
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342 FUNDING
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344 This esea ch was suppo ed by g an s om Plan Nacional de I+D+i 2013-2016, Ins i u o de Salud
345 Ca los III, Subdi ección Gene al de Redes y Cen os de In es igación Coope a i a, Minis e io de
346 Ciencia, Inno ación y Uni e sidades (PI16/01432); he Spanish Ne wo k o Resea ch in In ec ious
347 Diseases (REIPI) (RD16/0016/0001; RD16/ 0016/0008); and co- inanced by he Eu opean Regional
348 De elopmen Fund unde he 'A way o achie e Eu ope' Ope a ional P og am o In elligen G ow h
349 2014-2020.
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351 TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
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353 PRG has se ed as a scien i ic ad iso o Shionogi and Ad anz, speake o Angelini, and Mena ini.
354 LELC has se ed as a scien i ic ad iso o No a is, speake o MSD, P ize , Angelini, and ViiV,
355 and aine o MSD and ViiV. The o he au ho s decla e no con lic s o in e es .
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Va iables
N (%) excep whe e speci ied
All pa ien s
N = 445
Uncomplica ed
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p
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Age, median (IQR)
67 (54 - 76)
67 (53 – 76)
67 (54 – 76)
0.950
Male gende
268 (60.2)
124 (60.5)
144 (60)
0.766
Age-adjus ed Cha lson, median (IQR)
4 (2 - 6)
4 (2 - 6)
4 (2 - 7)
0.281
Age-adjus ed Cha lson >3
261 (58.7)
118 (57.6)
143 (59.6)
0.666
Como bidi ies and condi ions
Diabe es melli us
65 (14.6)
31 (15.1)
34 (14.2)
0.776
Ch onic li e disease
39 (8.8)
23 (11.2)
16 (6.7)
0.177
Ch onic kidney disease, mode a e-se e e
47 (10.6)
15 (7.3)
32 (13.3)
0.045
Hemodialysis
9 (2.0)
1 (0.5)
8 (3.3)
0.077
Ce eb o ascula disease
50 (11.2)
25 (12.2)
25 (10.4)
0.554
COPD
40 (9.0)
18 (8.8)
22 (9.2)
0.887
Ch onic hea ailu e
37 (8.3)
16 (7.8)
21 (8.8)
0.719
Solid cance
115 (25.8)
46 (22.4)
69 (28.8)
0.130
Immunosupp essi e he apy
65 (14.6)
21 (10.2)
44 (18.3)
0.016
Recen exposu es (p e ious mon h)
An ibio ic he apy
239 (53.7)
106 (51.7)
133 (55.4)
0.434
Su ge y
124 (27.9)
61 (29.8)
63 (26.3)
0.411
Pa en e al nu i ion
97 (21.8)
48 (23.4)
49 (20.4)
0.445
In ec ion acquisi ion
Communi y
12 (2.7)
5 (2.4)
7 (2.9)
0.757
Heal hca e-associa ed
69 (15.5)
28 (13.7)
41 (17)
0.320
Nosocomial
364 (81.8)
171 (83.4)
193 (80.4)
0.354
P e ious leng h o hospi aliza ion in days,
median (IQR)
15 (9 - 27)
12 (5 – 21)
12 (3 – 24)
0.891
Hospi al depa men o admission a onse
Eme gency
3 (0.7)
2 (1)
1 (0.4)
0.473
In ensi e ca e
58 (13)
24 (11.7)
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100 (48.8)
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O he s
20 (4.5)
10 (4.9)
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Vascula access de ices
PVC
229 (51.5)
113 (55.1)
116 (48.3)
0.153
Sho - e m CVC
229 (51.5)
102 (49.8)
127 (52.9)
0.506
PICC
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27 (13.2)
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12 (2.7)
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O he de ices
Pacemake
13 (2.9)
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Vascula p os he ic de ice
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0
9 (3.8)
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15 (6.3)
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Hea al ula p os hesis
16 (3.6)
0
16 (6.7)
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Se e i y a onse
SOFA sco e, median (IQR)
3 (1 - 6)
3 (1 - 5)
3 (1 - 6)
0.533
SOFA sco e ≥2
109 (24.5)
43 (21)
66 (27.5)
0.337
Pi sco e, median (IQR)
0 (0-3)
1 (0 - 2)
1 (0 - 3)
0.828
Pi sco e >3
87 (19.6)
39 (19)
48 (20)
0.815
Vasop esso s suppo
27 (6.1)
8 (3.9)
19 (7.9)
0.087
Sep ic shock
33 (7.4)
9 (4.4)
24 (10)
0.024
Sou ce o in ec ion
Ca he e - ela ed
336 (75.5)
142 (69.3)
194 (80.8)
0.005
Unknown
49 (11.0)
37 (18.1)
12 (5)
<0.001
Endoca di is
19 (4.3)
0
19 (7.9)
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Skin and so issues
14 (3.2)
9 (4.4)
5 (2.1)
0.165
Abdominal
7 (1.6)
4 (2)
3 (1.3)
0.533
Bone and join s
6 (1.4)
4 (2)
2 (0.8)
0.308
O he s
14 (3.2)
9 (4.4)
5 (2.1)
0.264
CoNS species
S aphylococcus epide midis
332 (74.6)
145 (70.7)
187 (77.9)
0.083
S aphylococcus hominis
60 (13.5)
32 (15.6)
28 (11.7)
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30 (6.7)
16 (7.8)
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S aphylococcus capi is
16 (3.6)
8 (3.9)
8 (3.3)
0.748
S aphylococcus wa ne i
3 (0.7)
1 (0.5)
2 (0.8)
0.657
S aphylococcus schlei e i
2 (0.5)
1 (0.5)
1 (0.4)
0.279
S aphylococcus simulans
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0.911
S aphylococcus au icula is
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1 (0.5)
0
0.279
Oxacillin esis ance
327 (73.5)
134 (65.4)
193 (80.4)
<0.001
Follow-up blood cul u es pe o med2
122 (27.4)
56 (27.3)
66 (27.5)
0.873
Posi i e ollow-up blood cul u es among hose
pe o med
44/122 (36.1)
0/56 (0)
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Sou ce con ol (only CRBSI)
Ea ly (<48 h) ca he e emo al
195/336 (58)
142/142 (100)
53/194 (27.3)
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Days un il ca he e emo al, median (IQR)
3 (2 – 8)
1 (0 – 3)
2 (2 – 7)
0.132
An imic obial ea men
Empi ic an ibio ic he apy, yes
299 (67.2)
134 (65.4)
165 (68.8)
0.449
Ac i e empi ic he apy, yes
151/299 (50.5)
76/134 (56.7)
75/165 (45.4)
0.060
Empi ic an ibio ic he apy, no
146 (32.8)
71 (34.6)
75 (31.3)
0.714
Empi ic no, a ge ed yes
129/146 (88.4)
59/71 (83.1)
70/75 (93.3)
0.054
Du a ion in days, median (IQR)
10 (7-17)
10 (6 – 16)
12 (7 – 18)
0.002
Ou comes
30-day mo ali y
77 (17.3)
24 (11.7)
53 (22.1)
0.004
ICU admission
90 (20.2)
40 (19.5)
50 (20.8)
0.999
Leng h o hospi al s ay a e BSI in days,
median (IQR)
13 (7 – 28)
11 (7 – 23)
17 (7 – 34)
0.079
Recu ence
8 (1.8)
3 (1.5)
5 (2.1)
0.459
COPD: ch onic obs uc i e pulmona y disease; PVC: pe iphe al enous ca he e ; CVC: cen al
enous ca he e ; PICC: pe iphe ally inse ed cen al ca he e ; CRBSI: ca he e - ela ed bloods eam
in ec ion; CoNS: coagulase-nega i e s aphylococci; ICU: in ensi e ca e uni ; BSI: bloods eam
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C i e ia o complica ed bac e emia
N (%)
Absence o ea ly (<48h) ca he e emo al in CRSBI
141 (58.8)
Pe sis en e e ≥72h
77 (32.1)
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Pe sis en bac e emia
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Me as a ic complica ions
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N (%)
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141 (58.8)
Pe sis en e e ≥72h
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Implan ed de ice
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Pe sis en bac e emia
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Me as a ic complica ions
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Va iables
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Ali e
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95%CI
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75 (62 – 81)
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53 (68.8)
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0.053
Como bidi ies and condi ions
Diabe es melli us
55 (15)
10 (13)
0.83
0.43 – 1.61
0.575
Ch onic li e disease
33 (9)
6 (7.8)
0.86
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Ch onic kidney disease, mode a e-se e e
34 (9.2)
13 (16.9)
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1.07 – 3.53
0.029
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7 (1.9)
2 (2.6)
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Ce eb o ascula disease
34 (9.2)
16 (20.8)
2.22
1.28 – 3.85
0.005
COPD
31 (8.4)
9 (11.7)
1.42
0.71 – 2.84
0.326
Ch onic hea ailu e
25 (6.8)
12 (15.6)
2.25
1.21 – 4.16
0.010
Solid cance
91 (24.7)
24 (31.2)
1.31
0.81 – 2.13
0.269
Immunosupp essi e he apy
48 (13)
17 (22.1)
1.70
0.99 – 2.92
0.054
Recen exposu es (p e ious mon h)
An ibio ic he apy
191 (51.9)
48 (62.3)
1.37
0.86 – 2.18
0.188
Su ge y
107 (29.1)
17 (22.1)
0.68
0.39 – 1.17
0.167
Pa en e al nu i ion
82 (22.3)
15 (19.5)
0.82
0.47 – 1.45
0.497
In ec ion acquisi ion
Communi y
11 (3)
1 (1.3)
0.45
0.06 – 3.21
0.422
Heal hca e-associa ed
51 (13.9)
18 (23.4)
1.80
1.06 – 3.06
0.029
Nosocomial
305 (82.9)
58 (75.3)
0.65
0.39 – 1.09
0.107
P e ious leng h o hospi aliza ion in days,
median (IQR)
12 (5 – 23)
11 (3 – 24)
1.01
0.99 – 1.01
0.492
Hospi al depa men o admission a onse
Eme gency
3 (0.8)
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In ensi e ca e
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17 (22.1)
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0.012
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195 (53)
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1.31
0.83 – 2.08
0.246
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0.35
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PVC
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45 (58.4)
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0.84 – 2.10
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Sho - e m CVC
191 (51.9)
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0.87
0.55 – 1.36
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63 (17.1)
11 (14.3)
0.79
0.42 – 1.51
0.490
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4 (5.2)
2.22
0.81 – 6.09
0.119
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3 (3.9)
3.15
0.99 – 10.01
0.051
O he de ices
Pacemake
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5 (6.5)
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1.29 – 7.89
0.012
Vascula p os he ic de ice
6 (1.6)
3 (3.9)
2.26
0.71 – 7.16
0.168
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11 (3)
4 (5.2)
1.60
0.59 – 4.38
0.359
Hea al ula p os hesis
11 (3)
5 (6.5)
2.05
0.83 – 5.07
0.122
Se e i y a onse
SOFA sco e, median (IQR)
3 (1 - 5)
4 (1 - 8)
1.08
1.01 – 1.14
0.015
SOFA sco e ≥2
80 (21.7)
29 (37.7)
1.96
1.24 – 3.12
0.004
Pi sco e, median (IQR)
1 (0 - 3)
0 (0 – 2)
0.99
0.91 – 1.09
0.893
Pi sco e >3
74 (20.1)
13 (16.9)
0.86
0.47 – 1.56
0.619
Vasop esso s suppo
16 (4.4)
11 (14.3)
2.29
0.97 – 5.39
0.059
Sep ic shock
16 (4.4)
17 (22.1)
5.09
2.96 – 8.75
<0.001
Sou ce o in ec ion
Ca he e - ela ed
287 (78)
49 (63.6)
0.472
0.29 – 0.75
0.002
Unknown
40 (10.9)
9 (11.7)
1.38
0.69 – 2.76
0.369
P ima y eEndoca di is
13 (3.5)
6 (7.8)
2.03
0.88 – 4.66
0.097
Skin and so issues
10 (2.7)
4 (5.2)
1.86
0.68 – 5.08
0.228
Abdominal
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1 (1.3)
0.78
0.11 – 5.61
0.805
Bone and join s
5 (1.4)
1 (1.3)
0.99
0.14 – 7.18
0.999
O he s
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0
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CoNS species
S aphylococcus epide midis
278 (75.5)
54 (70.1)
0.75
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S aphylococcus hominis
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0.652
S aphylococcus wa ne i
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S aphylococcus schlei e i
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S aphylococcus simulans
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Oxacillin esis ance
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1.42
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Follow-up blood cul u es pe o med
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21 (27.3)
0.99
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0.998
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0.003
Sou ce con ol (only CRBSI)
Ea ly ca he e emo al
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22/49 (44.9)
0.49
0.28 – 0.88
0.016
Days un il ca he e emo al, median
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4 (1 – 8)
0.85
0.73 – 0.99
0.033
Complica ed bac e emia
187 (50.8)
53 (68.8)
2.09
1.28 – 3.40
0.003
Absence o ea ly (<48h) ca he e emo al
in CRSBI
114/287 (39.7)
27/49 (55.1)
2.04
1.14 - 3.57
0.016
Pe sis en e e ≥72h
52 (14.1)
25 (32.5)
2.48
1.54 – 4.01
<0.001
Implan ed de ice
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2.44
1.47 – 4.07
<0.001
Pe sis en bac e emia
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15 (19.5)
2.34
1.36 – 4.20
0.003
Me as a ic complica ions
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3 (3.9)
2.39
0.76 – 7.60
0.138
An imic obial ea men
Empi ic an ibio ic he apy, yes
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50 (64.9)
0.39
0.22 – 0.69
0.441
Ac i e empi ic he apy, yes
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0.88
0.67 - 1.17
0.383
Empi ic an ibio ic he apy, no
119 (32.3)
27 (35.1)
1.21
0.75 - 194
0.549
Empi ic no, a ge ed yes
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25/27 (92.6)
0.98
0.23 – 4.14
0.976
Du a ion in days, median (IQR)
11 (7 – 18)
8 (5 – 13)
0.96
0.92 – 0.99
0.009
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ICU admission
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24 (31.2)
1.89
1.17 – 3.07
0.010
Leng h o hospi al s ay a e BSI in days,
median (IQR)
14 (7 – 31)
12 (5 – 24)
0.99
0.99 – 1.00
0.219
Recu ence
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3 (3.9)
2.39
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complica ed bloods eam in ec ion. In Model 2a, he “ea ly ca he e emo al” a iable was
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Model 1
Va iables
HR
95% CI
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- alue
Age
1.03
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0.002
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1.45 – 4.58
0.001
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0.008
SOFA sco e
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0.005
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0.30 – 0.80
0.004
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1.29 – 3.53
0.003
Model 2a
Va iables
HR
95% CI
p
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Age
1.03
1.01 – 1.05
<0.001
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0.002
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1.11 – 3.57
0.o020
SOFA sco e
1.09
1.03 – 1.16
0.005
Fe e ≥72 hou s
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1.52 – 4.17
<0.001
Ca he managemen
CRBSI wi hou ea ly ca he e emo al
Re e ence
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CRBSI wi h ea ly ca he e emo al
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line) bac e emia due o coagulase-nega i e S aphylococcus. P alue (log ank es ) = 0.004
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4Me hods [1]. S udy mic obiological and clinical inclusion c i e ia o CoNS bloods eam in ec ion
5episodes
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7Episodes o CoNS BSI we e included in he s udy i hey me bo h mic obiological and clinical c i e ia as ollows:
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91. Mic obiological c i e ia. The same CoNS species wi h iden ical an ibio ic suscep ibili y p o iles was
10 isola ed om a leas wo dis inc se s o blood cul u es d awn om sepa a e si es. In he case o
11 ca he e - ela ed CoNS BSI:
12 -I he ca he e was emo ed and cul u ed, a diagnosis o CoNS CRBSI was con i med i he same
13 CoNS species wi h an iden ical suscep ibili y p o ile was isola ed om a leas one pe iphe al blood
14 cul u e and om a cul u e o he ca he e ip, in ei he a semiquan i a i e ( oll pla e, wi h p esence
15 o 15 CFU pe pla e o mo e) o quan i a i e ( o ex wi h a coun o a leas 103 CFU/segmen , o
16 sonica ion me hods, wi h coun s abo e 102 CFU/segmen ) echniques
17 -I he ca he e was no emo ed, he same CoNS species had o be isola ed om a leas one
18 pe iphe al blood cul u e and om a sample d awn om he ca he e hub. Diagnosis equi ed ei he
19 a di e en ial ime o posi i i y ( ime o de ec ed mic obial g ow h) o a leas 120 minu es lowe in
20 he ca he e sample compa ed o he sample om pe iphe al enipunc u e; o quan i a i e blood
21 cul u es, de ined as a h ee- old highe colony coun in he blood sample ob ained om he ca he e
22 compa ed o he pe iphe al blood sample.
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24 2. Clinical signs o in ec ion. A leas wo o he ollowing clinical signs had o be p esen :
25 -Fe e (T >38ºC) o hypo he mia (T <36ºC)
26 -Tachyca dia (>90 bea s pe minu e)
27 -Tachypnea (>20 b ea hs pe minu e) o PaCO₂ < 32 mmHg
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30 3. O he in ec ion causes we e excluded. Fo pa ien s wi h an unusual sou ce o bac e emia o CoNS
31 (i.e., pneumonia, in aabdominal in ec ion, meningi is, unknown sou ce in pa ien s wi hou ca he e s o
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52 on clinical ele ance (e.g., hei po en ial con ounding o modi ying e ec on he associa ion be ween
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54 p- alue < 0.1 in bi a ia e analysis). The a iables included we e age, Cha lson como bidi y index, ch onic kidney
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59 asop esso use, ICU admission a onse , and sep ic shock we e excluded due o collinea i y wi h he SOFA
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64 complica ed bac e emia was e ained in all s eps. Va iables we e disca ded sequen ially based on he backwa d
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66 he Akaike In o ma ion C i e ion (AIC). The inal model included 424 pa ien s, wi h 21 excluded due o missing
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72 emo al ( e e ence ca ego y), ca he e - ela ed bac e emia wi h ea ly ca he e emo al, and non-ca he e - ela ed
73 bac e emia. Model 2b included 324 pa ien s (12 missing alues), ocusing solely on pa ien s wi h ca he e -
74 ela ed bac e emia.
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0.416
Immunosupp essi e he apy
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Recen an ibio ic he apy (30 days)
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PICC
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0.998
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0.201
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0.112
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A icula p os hesis
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0.476
Ca diac al ula p os hesis
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Ca he e - ela ed ocus
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Unknown ocus
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0.755
U ina y ocus
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0.348
Skin and so issues ocus
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0.480
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1.03 – 7.69
0.036
Respi a o y ocus
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1.47 –
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0.005
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No empi ic he apy ecei ed
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Adequacy o empi ic he apy
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0.42 – 1.50
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(a) Gi e unadjus ed es ima es and, i applicable, con ounde -adjus ed es ima es
and hei p ecision (eg, 95% con idence in e al). Make clea which con ounde s
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201 No e: An Explana ion and Elabo a ion a icle discusses each checklis i em and gi es me hodological
202 backg ound and published examples o anspa en epo ing. The STROBE checklis is bes used in
203 conjunc ion wi h his a icle ( eely a ailable on he Web si es o PLoS Medicine a
204 h p://www.plosmedicine.o g/, Annals o In e nal Medicine a h p://www.annals.o g/, and Epidemiology a
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4Me hods [1]. S udy mic obiological and clinical inclusion c i e ia o CoNS bloods eam in ec ion
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7Episodes o CoNS BSI we e included in he s udy i hey me bo h mic obiological and clinical c i e ia as ollows:
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91. Mic obiological c i e ia. The same CoNS species wi h iden ical an ibio ic suscep ibili y p o iles was
10 isola ed om a leas wo dis inc se s o blood cul u es d awn om sepa a e si es. In he case o
11 ca he e - ela ed CoNS BSI:
12 -I he ca he e was emo ed and cul u ed, a diagnosis o CoNS CRBSI was con i med i he same
13 CoNS species wi h an iden ical suscep ibili y p o ile was isola ed om a leas one pe iphe al blood
14 cul u e and om a cul u e o he ca he e ip, in ei he a semiquan i a i e ( oll pla e, wi h p esence
15 o 15 CFU pe pla e o mo e) o quan i a i e ( o ex wi h a coun o a leas 103 CFU/segmen , o
16 sonica ion me hods, wi h coun s abo e 102 CFU/segmen ) echniques
17 -I he ca he e was no emo ed, he same CoNS species had o be isola ed om a leas one
18 pe iphe al blood cul u e and om a sample d awn om he ca he e hub. Diagnosis equi ed ei he
19 a di e en ial ime o posi i i y ( ime o de ec ed mic obial g ow h) o a leas 120 minu es lowe in
20 he ca he e sample compa ed o he sample om pe iphe al enipunc u e; o quan i a i e blood
21 cul u es, de ined as a h ee- old highe colony coun in he blood sample ob ained om he ca he e
22 compa ed o he pe iphe al blood sample.
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24 2. Clinical signs o in ec ion. A leas wo o he ollowing clinical signs had o be p esen :
25 -Fe e (T >38ºC) o hypo he mia (T <36ºC)
26 -Tachyca dia (>90 bea s pe minu e)
27 -Tachypnea (>20 b ea hs pe minu e) o PaCO₂ < 32 mmHg
28 -Leukocy osis (>12,000 cells/mm³) o leukopenia (<4,000 cells/mm³)
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30 3. O he in ec ion causes we e excluded. Fo pa ien s wi h an unusual sou ce o bac e emia o CoNS
31 (i.e., pneumonia, in aabdominal in ec ion, meningi is, unknown sou ce in pa ien s wi hou ca he e s o
32 p os he ic ma e ial), he opinion o a second local in es iga o was sough .
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52 on clinical ele ance (e.g., hei po en ial con ounding o modi ying e ec on he associa ion be ween
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54 p- alue < 0.1 in bi a ia e analysis). The a iables included we e age, Cha lson como bidi y index, ch onic kidney
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56 acquisi ion, wa d o admission, p esence o a po -a-ca h o pacemake , SOFA sco e, asop esso use, sep ic
57 shock, ca he e - ela ed sou ce, endoca di is, and complica ed bac e emia. Collinea i y was es ed, and collinea
58 a iables we e emo ed based on clinical easoning and a iance in la ion ac o (VIF) alues. Speci ically,
59 asop esso use, ICU admission a onse , and sep ic shock we e excluded due o collinea i y wi h he SOFA
60 sco e. The Cha lson como bidi y index was eplaced by indi idual como bidi ies. All a iables we e ea ed as
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64 complica ed bac e emia was e ained in all s eps. Va iables we e disca ded sequen ially based on he backwa d
65 s epwise p ocedu e, elimina ing he a iable wi h he lowes in luence on model pe o mance, as de e mined by
66 he Akaike In o ma ion C i e ion (AIC). The inal model included 424 pa ien s, wi h 21 excluded due o missing
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70 selec ion p ocedu e o a iables was iden ical o Model 1. Model 2a included 424 pa ien s (21 missing da a),
71 conside ing "ea ly ca he e emo al" as a 3-ca ego y a iable: ca he e - ela ed bac e emia wi hou ea ly ca he e
72 emo al ( e e ence ca ego y), ca he e - ela ed bac e emia wi h ea ly ca he e emo al, and non-ca he e - ela ed
73 bac e emia. Model 2b included 324 pa ien s (12 missing alues), ocusing solely on pa ien s wi h ca he e -
74 ela ed bac e emia.
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77 as in e ac ions be ween he a iables and each indi idual c i e ion de ining complica ed bac e emia.
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Fe e >72h
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emo al (CRBSI only)
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Me as a ic oci
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0.002
Rheuma ologic disease
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Immunosupp essi e he apy
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0.050
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0.145
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0.228
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0.998
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0.83 – 2.38
0.201
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0.52 – 1.46
0.511
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0.97 –
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0.068
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0.11 – 8.06
1.000
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0.112
Vascula p os he ic de ice
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0.34 – 8.15
0.628
A icula p os hesis
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0.39 – 5.29
0.476
Ca diac al ula p os hesis
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0.275
Pa en e al nu i ion
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0.39 – 1.50
0.437
Sep ic shock
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2.40 –
10.72
<0.001
SOFA sco e
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1.07 – 1.34
0.002
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1.11 – 3.35
0.019
Pi sco e
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1.12 – 1.43
<0.001
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0.004
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0.97 – 3.15
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Oxacillin esis ance
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Ca he e - ela ed ocus
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0.034
Unknown ocus
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0.755
U ina y ocus
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0.98 – 0.99
0.348
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0.480
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1.03 – 7.69
0.036
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0.005
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0.11 – 8.08
0.967
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0.13 –
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0.899
No empi ic he apy ecei ed
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0.922
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0.42 – 1.50
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0.758
BSI onse o discha ge, days
0.99
0.99 – 1.01
0.327
Admission o BSI, days
1.00
0.99 – 1.01
0.447
105 CKD: ch onic kidney disease; COPD: ch onic obs uc i e pulmona y disease; AIDS: acqui ed
106 immunode iciency synd ome; PICC: pe iphe ally inse ed cen al ca he e ; PVC: pe iphe al enous ca he e ;
107 CVC: cen al enous ca he e ; ICU: in ensi e ca e uni ; CRBSI: ca he e - ela ed bloods eam in ec ion; BSI:
108 bloods eam in ec ion
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110 Table S3. Mul i a ia e analysis o ac o s associa ed wi h in-hospi al mo ali y.
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Va iable
OR
95% CI
p- alue
Age > 65 yea s old
2.87
1.53 – 5.38
< 0.001
Ce eb o ascula disease
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1.72 – 7.35
< 0.001
Immunosupp essi e he apy
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1.55 – 6.79
0.002
Pi sco e > 3
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1.45 – 8.64
0.005
Complica ed BSI
1.99
1.10 – 3.59
0.023
114 BSI: bloods eam in ec ion
115 AUROC o 0.74 (95%CI 0.67 – 0.80)
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117 Model 2
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Va iable
OR
95% CI
p- alue
Age > 65 yea s old
2.99
1.57 – 5.71
< 0.001
Ce eb o ascula disease
3.59
1.71 – 7.53
< 0.001
Immunosupp essi e he apy
2.98
1.34 - 6.41
0.005
Pi sco e > 3
3.52
1.38 – 8.97
0.009
Fe e > 72 hou s
3.29
1.72 – 6.28
< 0.001
Ea ly ca he e emo al in CRBSI
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0.020
119 CRBSI: ca he e - ela ed bloods eam in ec ion
120 AUROC o 0.76 (95%CI 0.69 – 0.82)
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122 Table S4. Sensi i i y analysis o 30-day mo ali y p edic ion.
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125 (a) Conside ing ha all 21 pa ien s su i ed a day 30
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Va iable
OR
95% CI
p- alue
Age > 65 yea s
2.47
1.39 – 4.38
0.002
Ce eb o ascula disease
3.07
1.53 – 6.19
0.002
Immunosupp essi e he apy
2.92
1.46 – 5.85
0.003
Pi sco e > 3
3.39
1.43 – 8.00
0.005
Complica ed BSI
1.95
1.12 – 3.37
0.017
127 BSI: bloods eam in ec ion
128 AUROC 0.72 (95%CI 0.66 – 0.78)
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130 (b) Conside ing ha up o 2 pa ien s o hem died (chosen andomly). We p o ide a summa y o
131 he es ima es in he 10 models.
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Va iable
OR
95% CI
p- alue
Age > 65 yea s
2.47
1.40 – 4.38
0.002
Ce eb o ascula disease
3.07
1.53 – 6.19
0.002
Immunosupp essi e he apy
2.92
1.46 – 5.85
0.003
Pi sco e > 3
3.39
1.43 – 8.00
0.005
Complica ed BSI
1.95
1.12 – 3.37
0.017
133 BSI: bloods eam in ec ion
134 AUROC 0.73 (95%CI 0.66 – 0.78)
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136 2.
Va iable
OR
95% CI
p- alue
Age > 65 yea s
2.58
1.46 – 4.57
0.001
Ce eb o ascula disease
2.93
1.46 – 5.91
0.003
Immunosupp essi e he apy
2.87
1.43 – 5.75
0.003
Pi sco e > 3
3.90
1.67 – 9.12
0.002
Complica ed BSI
1.90
1.10 – 3.25
0.021
137 BSI: bloods eam in ec ion
138 AUROC 0.73 (95%CI 0.66 – 0.78)
139 3.
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Va iable
OR
95% CI
p- alue
Age > 65 yea s
2.59
1.47 – 4.59
0.001
Ce eb o ascula disease
3.33
1.67 – 6.67
< 0.001
Immunosupp essi e he apy
2.84
1.42 – 5.69
0.003
Pi sco e > 3
3.22
1.36 – 7.63
0.009
Complica ed BSI
2.01
1.20 – 3.59
0.009
141 BSI: bloods eam in ec ion
142 AUROC 0.73 (95%CI 0.67 – 0.79)
143
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OR
95% CI
p- alue
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