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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021

CME ACTIVITY - Research

Non–C. difficile Clostridioides Bacteremia in Intensive Care Patients, France

Guillaume MorelComments to Author , Guillaume Mulier, Etienne Ghrenassia, Moustafa Abdel Nabey, Yacine Tandjaoui, Achille Kouatchet, Laura Platon, Frédéric Pène, Anne-Sophie Moreau, Amelie Seguin, Damien Contou, Romain Sonneville, David Rousset, Muriel Picard, Guillaume Dumas, Djamel Mokart, Bruno Megarbane, Guillaume Voiriot, Isabelle Oddou, Elie Azoulay, Lucie Biard, and Lara Zafrani
Author affiliations: Hautepierre Hospital—University Medical Center, Strasbourg, France (G. Morel); Hospital Saint Louis, APHP, Paris, France (G. Morel, G. Mulier, E. Ghrenassia, M.A. Nabey, E. Azoulay, L. Biard, L. Zafrani); Hospital Avicenne, Bobigny, France (Y. Tandjaoui); Teaching Hospital, Angers, France (A. Kouatchet); Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France (L. Platon); Hospital Cochin, APHP, Paris (F. Pène); Salengro Hospital, Lille, France (A.-S. Moreau); University Hospital, Nantes, France (A. Seguin); Victor Dupouy Hospital, Argenteuil, France (D. Contou); Hospital Bichat, APHP, Paris (R. Sonneville); University Teaching Hospital, Toulouse, France (D. Rousset),; Institut Universitaire du Cancer—Oncopole, Toulouse (M. Picard); Hospital Saint Antoine, APHP, Paris (G. Dumas); Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Marseille, France (D. Mokart); Hospital Lariboisiere, APHP, Paris (B. Megarbane); Hospital Tenon, APHP, Paris (G. Voiriot); University Medical Center, Strasbourg (I. Oddou); INSERM U976, Paris (L. Zafrani)

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Table 1

Global characteristics of patients with Clotristridium bacteremia, France*

Characteristic Baseline population, n = 135 Survived, n -= 65
 Died in ICU, n = 70
Age
Age at diagnosis, median (IQR) 64 (51–75) 62 (50–70) 66 (54–79)
Age at diagnostic >65 y
 67 (50)
 27 (42)
 40 (57)
Sex
M 81 (60) 43 (66) 38 (54)
F
 54 (40)
 22 (33)
 32 (46)
All underlying conditions 130 (96) 62 (95) 68 (97)
Diabetes mellitus 34 (26) 19 (31) 15 (22)
Neoplasm 34 (26) 17 (27) 17 (25)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 33 (25) 15 (24) 18 (26)
Alcoholism 26 (20) 11 (18) 15 (22)
Heart failure 26 (20) 9 (15) 17 (25)
Hematological malignancy 19 (15) 7 (11) 12 (18)
Liver cirrhosis 13 (10) 4 (6) 9 (13)
Chronic renal failure 10 (8) 8 (13) 2 (3)
Arteriopathy 9 (7) 3 (5) 6 (9)
Autoimmune diseases 7 (5) 4 (6) 3 (4)
HIV
 1 (1)
 0
 1 (1)
Other predisposing conditions
Surgery or trauma in the previous 15 d 13 (10) 10 (16) 3 (4)
Digestive surgery 10 (77) 7 (70) 3 (100)
Trauma
 3 (23)
 3 (30)
 0
Immunosuppressive agents
Patients receiving Immunosuppressive agents 38 (28) 18 (28) 20 (29)
Steroids 20 (53) 9 (50) 11 (55)
Chemotherapy 20 (53) 9 (50) 11 (55)
Immunosuppressive drugs 10 (26) 6 (33)
 4 (20)

*Data are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

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