The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review
<p><strong>Background and objectives</strong></p> Pleural infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among adults. Identification of the offending organism is key to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. It is not known whether the microbiological pattern of pleural i...
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European Respiratory Society
2019
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| author | Hassan, M Cargill, T Harriss, E Asciak, R Mercer, RM Bedawi, EO McCracken, DJ Psallidas, I Corcoran, JP Rahman, NM |
| author_facet | Hassan, M Cargill, T Harriss, E Asciak, R Mercer, RM Bedawi, EO McCracken, DJ Psallidas, I Corcoran, JP Rahman, NM |
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| description | <p><strong>Background and objectives</strong></p> Pleural infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among adults. Identification of the offending organism is key to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. It is not known whether the microbiological pattern of pleural infection is variable temporally or geographically. This systematic review aimed to investigate available literature to understand the worldwide pattern of such microbiology and the factors that might affect such pattern. <p><strong>Data sources and eligibility criteria</strong></p> Ovid Medline and Embase were searched between 2000 and 2018 for publications that reported on the microbiology of pleural infection in adults. Both observational and interventional studies were included. Studies were excluded if the main focus of the report was paediatric population, tuberculous empyema, or post-operative empyema. <p><strong>Study appraisal and synthesis methods</strong></p> studies of 20 or more patients with clear reporting of microbial isolates were included. The numbers of isolates of each specific organism/group were collated from the included studies. Besides the overall presentation of data, subgroup analyses by geographical distribution, infection setting (community versus hospital), and time of the report was carried out. <p><strong>Results</strong></p> From 20 980 reports that the initial search returned, 75 papers reporting on 10 241 patients were included in the data synthesis. The most common organism reported worldwide was Staphylococcus aureus. Geographically, Pneumococci and Viridans Streptococci were the most commonly reported isolates from tropical and temperate regions, respectively. The microbiological pattern was considerably different between community- and hospital-acquired infections where more gram-negative and drug-resistant isolates were reported in the hospital-acquired infections. The main limitations of this systematic review were the heterogeneity in the method of reporting of certain bacteria and the predominance of reports from Europe and South East Asia. <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> In pleural infection, the geographical location and the setting of infection have considerable bearing on the expected causative organisms. This should be reflected in the choice of empirical antimicrobial treatment. <p><strong>Systematic review registration number</strong></p> CRD42017076418 |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:37fde1cf-e8ba-41d2-8b2b-6d495878b5f02022-03-26T13:47:18ZThe microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic reviewJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:37fde1cf-e8ba-41d2-8b2b-6d495878b5f0EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordEuropean Respiratory Society2019Hassan, MCargill, THarriss, EAsciak, RMercer, RMBedawi, EOMcCracken, DJPsallidas, ICorcoran, JPRahman, NM<p><strong>Background and objectives</strong></p> Pleural infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among adults. Identification of the offending organism is key to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. It is not known whether the microbiological pattern of pleural infection is variable temporally or geographically. This systematic review aimed to investigate available literature to understand the worldwide pattern of such microbiology and the factors that might affect such pattern. <p><strong>Data sources and eligibility criteria</strong></p> Ovid Medline and Embase were searched between 2000 and 2018 for publications that reported on the microbiology of pleural infection in adults. Both observational and interventional studies were included. Studies were excluded if the main focus of the report was paediatric population, tuberculous empyema, or post-operative empyema. <p><strong>Study appraisal and synthesis methods</strong></p> studies of 20 or more patients with clear reporting of microbial isolates were included. The numbers of isolates of each specific organism/group were collated from the included studies. Besides the overall presentation of data, subgroup analyses by geographical distribution, infection setting (community versus hospital), and time of the report was carried out. <p><strong>Results</strong></p> From 20 980 reports that the initial search returned, 75 papers reporting on 10 241 patients were included in the data synthesis. The most common organism reported worldwide was Staphylococcus aureus. Geographically, Pneumococci and Viridans Streptococci were the most commonly reported isolates from tropical and temperate regions, respectively. The microbiological pattern was considerably different between community- and hospital-acquired infections where more gram-negative and drug-resistant isolates were reported in the hospital-acquired infections. The main limitations of this systematic review were the heterogeneity in the method of reporting of certain bacteria and the predominance of reports from Europe and South East Asia. <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> In pleural infection, the geographical location and the setting of infection have considerable bearing on the expected causative organisms. This should be reflected in the choice of empirical antimicrobial treatment. <p><strong>Systematic review registration number</strong></p> CRD42017076418 |
| spellingShingle | Hassan, M Cargill, T Harriss, E Asciak, R Mercer, RM Bedawi, EO McCracken, DJ Psallidas, I Corcoran, JP Rahman, NM The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review |
| title | The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review |
| title_full | The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review |
| title_short | The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review |
| title_sort | microbiology of pleural infection in adults a systematic review |
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