Objectives: To provide an evaluation of predictors of 6-month mortality in incident bacteraemia cases.
Methods: A retrospective population-based study of 541 adult residents of Olmsted County, MN with monomicrobial bacteraemia from 1 January 2006 through 31 December 2020. Multivariable Cox regression was used to investigate risk factors of 6-month mortality.
Results: The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age of 541 patients with bacteraemia was 66.8 (54.4-78.5) years and 39.6% were female. The median (IQR) Charlson Comorbidity Index was 6 (3-9). Overall, 144 patients died during the six-month period following their initial episode (30-day and 6-month mortality = 16.5% and 26.7%, respectively). In a multivariable analysis, older age, ICU admission, and unknown source of infection were significant predictors of increased 6-month mortality. In contrast, having an infectious diseases (ID) consultation was associated with reduced mortality in the first 2 weeks of follow-up. Secondary analyses revealed an early benefit of ID consultation during the first 30 days of follow-up and that infective endocarditis was an additional predictor of 6-month mortality.
Conclusions: To our knowledge, this investigation represents the only US population-based study evaluating predictors of mortality in patients with bacteraemia. The finding of a short-term survival benefit associated with early ID consultation may be due to more extensive diagnostic efforts.
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