Kim et al. analyzed the incidence and risk factors related to mortality and assess
clinical outcomes of anaerobic bacteremia during 2012 in Yonsei University
Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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total of 70 anaerobic bacteria were isolated from blood of 70 bacteremia
patients. The history of cardiovascular disease as host's risk factor was
statistically significant. The incidence of anaerobic bacteremia in was 2.3% per 100 positive
blood culture patients, and the mortality rate in patients with clinically
significant anaerobic bacteremia was 21.4%. anaerobic bacteremia was frequently noted in patients with malignancy.
The
survival rate of bacteremia was significantly worse in patients who had
inappropriate therapy compared with those underwent appropriate therapy. The
most frequently isolated organism was Bacteroides fragilis (32 isolates, 46%),
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (10, 14%), and non-perfringens Clostridium (7,
10%).
