TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology and Microbiology of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Preliminary Results of a National Registry
AU - Colomba, Claudia
AU - Cascio, Antonio
AU - Savalli, Francesca
AU - Ialungo, Anna
AU - Calabresi, Alessandra
AU - Tedesco, Andrea
AU - Panese, Sandro
AU - Carretta, Anna
AU - Losito, Angela Raffaella
AU - Tumbarello, Mario
AU - Maraolo, Alberto Enrico
AU - Losito, Angela Raffaella
AU - Geraci, Consuelo
AU - De Simone, Giuseppe
AU - Calabresi, Alessandra
AU - Brambilla, Paola
AU - Crisalli, Maria Paola
AU - Foti, Giuseppe
AU - Santantonio, Teresa
AU - Prestileo, Tullio
AU - Sapienza, Mauro
AU - Iacobello, Carmelo
AU - Massoli, Lorenzo
AU - Kertusha, Blerta
AU - Mastroianni, Claudio
AU - Iacobello, Carmelo
AU - Chiara, Iaria
AU - Buscemi, Calogero
AU - Priante, Giulia
AU - Fossati, Sara
AU - Sonia, Sofia
AU - Amendola, Giovanni
AU - Tedesco, Andrea
AU - Schiaroli, Elisabetta
AU - Masini, Giulia
AU - Sapienza, Mauro
AU - Calabresi, Alessandra
AU - Fossati, Sara
AU - Brugnaro, Pierluigi
AU - Ferretto, Roberto
AU - Cenderello, Giovanni
AU - Starnini, Giulio
AU - Gattuso, Gianno
AU - Libanore, Marco
AU - Bicocchi, Roberto
AU - Francisci, Daniela
AU - Contini, Carlo
AU - Foti, Giuseppe
AU - Rovere, Pierangelo
AU - Mastroianni, Claudio
AU - Borgia, Guglielmo
AU - Pan, Angelo
AU - Esposito, Silvano
AU - Gioe', Claudia
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) represent a wide range of clinical conditions characterized by a considerable variety of clinical presentations and severity. Their aetiology can also vary, with numerous possible causative pathogens. While other authors previously published analyses on several types of SSTI and on restricted types of patients, we conducted a large nationwide surveillance programme on behalf of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases to assess the clinical and microbiological characteristics of the whole SSTI spectrum, from mild to severe life-threatening infections, in both inpatients and outpatients. Twenty-five Infectious Diseases (ID) Centres throughout Italy collected prospectively data concerning both the clinical and microbiological diagnosis of patients affected by SSTIs via an electronic case report form. All the cases included in our database, independently from their severity, have been managed by ID specialists joining the study while SSTIs from other wards/clinics have been excluded from this analysis. Here, we report the preliminary results of our study, referring to a 12-month period (October 2016–September 2017). During this period, the study population included 254 adult patients and a total of 291 SSTI diagnoses were posed, with 36 patients presenting more than one SSTIs. The type of infection diagnosed, the aetiological micro-organisms involved and some notes on their antimicrobial susceptibilities were collected and are reported herein. The enrichment of our registry is ongoing, but these preliminary results suggest that further analysis could soon provide useful information to better understand the national epidemiologic data and the current clinical management of SSTIs in Italy.
AB - Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) represent a wide range of clinical conditions characterized by a considerable variety of clinical presentations and severity. Their aetiology can also vary, with numerous possible causative pathogens. While other authors previously published analyses on several types of SSTI and on restricted types of patients, we conducted a large nationwide surveillance programme on behalf of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases to assess the clinical and microbiological characteristics of the whole SSTI spectrum, from mild to severe life-threatening infections, in both inpatients and outpatients. Twenty-five Infectious Diseases (ID) Centres throughout Italy collected prospectively data concerning both the clinical and microbiological diagnosis of patients affected by SSTIs via an electronic case report form. All the cases included in our database, independently from their severity, have been managed by ID specialists joining the study while SSTIs from other wards/clinics have been excluded from this analysis. Here, we report the preliminary results of our study, referring to a 12-month period (October 2016–September 2017). During this period, the study population included 254 adult patients and a total of 291 SSTI diagnoses were posed, with 36 patients presenting more than one SSTIs. The type of infection diagnosed, the aetiological micro-organisms involved and some notes on their antimicrobial susceptibilities were collected and are reported herein. The enrichment of our registry is ongoing, but these preliminary results suggest that further analysis could soon provide useful information to better understand the national epidemiologic data and the current clinical management of SSTIs in Italy.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - Oncology
KW - Pharmacology
KW - Pharmacology (medical)
KW - microbiology
KW - registry
KW - skin and soft tissue infections
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - Oncology
KW - Pharmacology
KW - Pharmacology (medical)
KW - microbiology
KW - registry
KW - skin and soft tissue infections
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/352078
UR - http://www.maneyonline.com/loi/joc
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 9
EP - 14
JO - Journal of Chemotherapy
JF - Journal of Chemotherapy
SN - 1120-009X
ER -