Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study

In this study, linked Western Australian health data were used to determine presence of an antibiotic-resistant infection (ABRI) for all people diagnosed with a primary invasive cancer in 2009. Of 10 858 cancer cases, 154 (1.42%) had an ABRI. Patients with an ABRI were older (71.5 vs 66 years), and...

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Main Authors: Slavova-Azmanova, N., Haddow, L., Hohnen, H., Coombs, Geoffrey, Robinson, J., Ives, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69623
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author Slavova-Azmanova, N.
Haddow, L.
Hohnen, H.
Coombs, Geoffrey
Robinson, J.
Ives, A.
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Haddow, L.
Hohnen, H.
Coombs, Geoffrey
Robinson, J.
Ives, A.
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description In this study, linked Western Australian health data were used to determine presence of an antibiotic-resistant infection (ABRI) for all people diagnosed with a primary invasive cancer in 2009. Of 10 858 cancer cases, 154 (1.42%) had an ABRI. Patients with an ABRI were older (71.5 vs 66 years), and more had died in the year following diagnosis (37.7 vs 20.2%, P < 0.001). The ABRI cohort had a higher proportion of colorectal, genitourinary and haematological cancers (19.5 vs 11.9%; 14.3 vs 9.7% and 16.9 vs 5.8%, respectively). Hospital admissions with an ABRI were longer (22.3 vs 2.9 days, P < 0.001) and had a higher proportion of unplanned admissions (60.3 vs 15.2%), admissions through emergency department (36.8 vs 8.3%) and intensive care admissions (14.9 vs 1.7%, P < 0.001). Patients with solid tumours who developed an ABRI were more likely to have received chemotherapy (35.9 vs 27.8%, P = 0.04). In haematological cancer patients, a greater proportion of the admissions with an ABRI occurred after radiation therapy or chemotherapy (P = 0.01 and P = 0.005, respectively). This study is the first to report population-level data on ABRI in cancer patients. Patients with an ABRI had more hospital admissions and poorer outcomes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-696232018-09-27T06:36:45Z Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study Slavova-Azmanova, N. Haddow, L. Hohnen, H. Coombs, Geoffrey Robinson, J. Ives, A. In this study, linked Western Australian health data were used to determine presence of an antibiotic-resistant infection (ABRI) for all people diagnosed with a primary invasive cancer in 2009. Of 10 858 cancer cases, 154 (1.42%) had an ABRI. Patients with an ABRI were older (71.5 vs 66 years), and more had died in the year following diagnosis (37.7 vs 20.2%, P < 0.001). The ABRI cohort had a higher proportion of colorectal, genitourinary and haematological cancers (19.5 vs 11.9%; 14.3 vs 9.7% and 16.9 vs 5.8%, respectively). Hospital admissions with an ABRI were longer (22.3 vs 2.9 days, P < 0.001) and had a higher proportion of unplanned admissions (60.3 vs 15.2%), admissions through emergency department (36.8 vs 8.3%) and intensive care admissions (14.9 vs 1.7%, P < 0.001). Patients with solid tumours who developed an ABRI were more likely to have received chemotherapy (35.9 vs 27.8%, P = 0.04). In haematological cancer patients, a greater proportion of the admissions with an ABRI occurred after radiation therapy or chemotherapy (P = 0.01 and P = 0.005, respectively). This study is the first to report population-level data on ABRI in cancer patients. Patients with an ABRI had more hospital admissions and poorer outcomes. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69623 10.1111/imj.13609 Blackwell Publishing restricted
spellingShingle Slavova-Azmanova, N.
Haddow, L.
Hohnen, H.
Coombs, Geoffrey
Robinson, J.
Ives, A.
Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
title Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
title_full Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
title_short Admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
title_sort admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections in cancer patients during first year of cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69623