INTRODUCTION: Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare, life-threatening autoimmune disease predominantly manifested in the skin and mucous membranes. Today, infectious complications have the dominant share in mortality of TEN patients. Due to the nature of the therapy and administration of immunosuppressive medications, a wide range of potentially pathogenic microorganisms, which cause infectious complications in different compartments in these patients, is not surprising. MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY: This is a multicentric study, which included all patients with TEN hospitalized between 2000-2015 in specialized centres in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The total catchment area was over 12.5 million inhabitants. The actual implementation of the project was carried out using data obtained from the registry CELESTE (Central European LyEll Syndrome: Therapeutic Evaluation), when specific parameters relating to epidemiological indicators and infectious complications in patients with TEN were evaluated in the form of a retrospective analysis. RESULTS: In total, 39 patients with TEN were included in the study (12 patients died, mortality was 31%), who were hospitalized in the monitored period. The median age of patients in the group was 63 years (the range was 4-83 years, the mean was 51 years), the median of the exfoliated area was 70% TBSA (total body surface area) (range 30-100%, mean 67%). SCORTEN was calculated for 38 patients on the day of admission. Its median in all patients was 3 (range 1-6; mean 3). Any kind of infectious complication in the study group was recorded in 33 patients in total (85%). In total, 30 patients (77%) were infected with gram-positive cocci, 27 patients (69%) with gram-negative rods, and yeast cells or fibrous sponge were cultivated in 12 patients (31%). A total of 32 patients (82%) were found to have infectious complications in the exfoliated area, 15 patients (39%) had lower respiratory tract infections, 18 patients (46%) urinary tract infections and 15 patients (39%) an infection in the bloodstream. The most common potentially pathogenic microorganism isolated in our study group was coagulase neg. Staphylococcus, which caused infectious complications in 24 patients. Enterococcus faecalis/faecium (19 patients), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (17 patients), Staphylococcus aureus (11 patients) and Escherichia coli (11 patients) were other most frequently isolated micro-organisms. CONCLUSION: The published data were obtained from the unique registry of TEN patients in Central Europe. In the first part, we have succeeded in defining the basic epidemiological indicators in the group of patients anonymously included in this registry. The study clearly confirms that infectious complications currently play an essential role in TEN patients, often limiting the chances of survival. The study also shows a high prevalence of these complications in the period after 15days from the start of hospitalization, when most patients already have completely regenerated skin cover.
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- aspergilóza epidemiologie mortalita MeSH
- bakteriální infekce epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- bakteriemie epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- Enterococcus faecalis MeSH
- Enterococcus faecium MeSH
- infekce močového ústrojí epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- infekce vyvolané Escherichia coli epidemiologie mortalita MeSH
- kandidóza epidemiologie mortalita MeSH
- katétrové infekce epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mykózy epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- pneumonie epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- povrch těla MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- proporcionální rizikové modely MeSH
- pseudomonádové infekce epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa MeSH
- registrace * MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- stafylokokové infekce epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- Staphylococcus aureus MeSH
- Stevensův-Johnsonův syndrom epidemiologie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
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- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
- Slovenská republika MeSH
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- infekce vyvolané Escherichia coli diagnóza komplikace mortalita MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- pooperační komplikace etiologie mortalita MeSH
- předoperační péče metody MeSH
- transplantace ledvin dějiny metody trendy MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- abstrakt z konference MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Československo MeSH
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- antibakteriální látky škodlivé účinky terapeutické užití MeSH
- enteritida diagnóza etiologie komplikace MeSH
- finanční podpora výzkumu jako téma MeSH
- infekce vyvolané Escherichia coli komplikace mortalita MeSH
- králíci mikrobiologie MeSH
- kyselina citronová terapeutické užití MeSH
- kyselina mléčná terapeutické užití MeSH
- mastné kyseliny terapeutické užití MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- králíci mikrobiologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
