The Impact of Reported Beta-Lactam Allergy in Hospitalized Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Requiring Antibiotics.
Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Jan 16;:
Authors: Huang KG, Cluzet V, Hamilton K, Fadugba O
Abstract
Background: Patients hospitalized with hematologic malignancy are particularly vulnerable to infection. The impact of reported beta-lactam (BL) allergy in this population remains unknown.
Objective: To define the impact of reported BL-only allergy (BLOA) label on clinical outcomes compared to those with no BL allergy (NBLA) in hematologic malignancy inpatients requiring systemic antibiotics.
Methods: Retrospective cohort study of adult inpatients with hematologic malignancy admitted at two tertiary care hospitals 2010-2015. The primary outcome was hospital length of stay (LOS) after first antibiotic. Secondary outcomes included re-admission, mortality, complications, total hospital charges, and antibiotic usage.
Results: In our cohort (n=4671), 38.3% had leukemia, 4.9% had Hodgkin's lymphoma, 36.1% had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 20.7% had multiple myeloma. Among subjects, 35.1% reported antibiotic allergy, 14.1% (n=660) had BLOA (including 9.3% with penicillin-only allergy and 3.3% cephalosporin-only allergy). Subjects with BLOA had longer median LOS compared to NBLA (11.3 vs. 7.6 days, p<0.001), which remained significant after multivariable adjustment. Patients with BLOA also had significantly worse outcomes compared to NBLA in terms of mortality rate at 30-days (7.6% vs. 15.8%, p=0.017) and 180-days (15.8% compared to 12.2%, p=0.013), 30-day re-admission rate (19.2% vs. 15.1%, p=0.008), Clostridium difficile rate (17.7% vs. 11.6%, p<0.001), total hospital charges ($223046 vs. $173256, p<0.001), antibiotic classes used (median 3 vs. 2 classes/patient, p<0.001), and antibiotic duration (median 9.0 vs. 6.0 days, p<0.001).
Conclusion: In hospitalized patients with hematologic malignancy requiring antibiotics, patients with reported BL allergy have worse clinical outcomes and higher healthcare cost than those without BL allergy label.
PMID: 29346543 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]