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What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) remain one of the major causes for morbidity and mortality, and it is still unclear whether knowledge of microbial colonization is important. In this single-center study, we collected weekly surveillance cultures in pediatric recipients of allo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9854581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36671203 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12010002 |
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author | Kropshofer, Gabriele Hetzer, Benjamin Knoll, Miriam Meryk, Andreas Salvador, Christina Rabensteiner, Evelyn Crazzolara, Roman |
author_facet | Kropshofer, Gabriele Hetzer, Benjamin Knoll, Miriam Meryk, Andreas Salvador, Christina Rabensteiner, Evelyn Crazzolara, Roman |
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description | Infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) remain one of the major causes for morbidity and mortality, and it is still unclear whether knowledge of microbial colonization is important. In this single-center study, we collected weekly surveillance cultures in pediatric recipients of allogenic HSCT from five different body regions and tested for bacteria and fungi. Between January 2010 and December 2021, we collected 1095 swabs from 57 recipients of allogeneic HSCTs (median age: 7.5 years, IQR 1–3: 2.5–11.9). The incidence of positive microbiological cultures (n = 220; 20.1%) differed according to the anatomic localization (p < 0.001) and was most frequent in the anal region (n = 98), followed by the genital, pharyngeal and nasal regions (n = 55, n = 37 and n = 16, respectively). Gram-positive bacteria (70.4%) were the most commonly isolated organisms, followed by fungi (18.6%), Gram-negative (5.5%), non-fermenting bacteria (1.4%), and other flora (4.1%). No association with increased risk of infection (n = 32) or septicemia (n = 7) was noted. Over time, we did not observe any increase in bacterial resistance. We conclude that there is no benefit to surveillance of microbial colonization by culture-based techniques in pediatric HSCT. Sequencing methods might enhance the detection of pathogens, but its role is still to be defined. |
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spelling | pubmed-98545812023-01-21 What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Kropshofer, Gabriele Hetzer, Benjamin Knoll, Miriam Meryk, Andreas Salvador, Christina Rabensteiner, Evelyn Crazzolara, Roman Antibiotics (Basel) Article Infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) remain one of the major causes for morbidity and mortality, and it is still unclear whether knowledge of microbial colonization is important. In this single-center study, we collected weekly surveillance cultures in pediatric recipients of allogenic HSCT from five different body regions and tested for bacteria and fungi. Between January 2010 and December 2021, we collected 1095 swabs from 57 recipients of allogeneic HSCTs (median age: 7.5 years, IQR 1–3: 2.5–11.9). The incidence of positive microbiological cultures (n = 220; 20.1%) differed according to the anatomic localization (p < 0.001) and was most frequent in the anal region (n = 98), followed by the genital, pharyngeal and nasal regions (n = 55, n = 37 and n = 16, respectively). Gram-positive bacteria (70.4%) were the most commonly isolated organisms, followed by fungi (18.6%), Gram-negative (5.5%), non-fermenting bacteria (1.4%), and other flora (4.1%). No association with increased risk of infection (n = 32) or septicemia (n = 7) was noted. Over time, we did not observe any increase in bacterial resistance. We conclude that there is no benefit to surveillance of microbial colonization by culture-based techniques in pediatric HSCT. Sequencing methods might enhance the detection of pathogens, but its role is still to be defined. MDPI 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9854581/ /pubmed/36671203 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12010002 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kropshofer, Gabriele Hetzer, Benjamin Knoll, Miriam Meryk, Andreas Salvador, Christina Rabensteiner, Evelyn Crazzolara, Roman What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
title | What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
title_full | What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
title_fullStr | What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
title_full_unstemmed | What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
title_short | What We Learn from Surveillance of Microbial Colonization in Recipients of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
title_sort | what we learn from surveillance of microbial colonization in recipients of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9854581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36671203 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12010002 |
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