Common Bacterial Infections and Risk of Dementia or Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review.

Rutendo Muzambi ORCID logo; Krishnan Bhaskaran ORCID logo; Carol Brayne; Jennifer A Davidson ORCID logo; Liam Smeeth ORCID logo; Charlotte Warren-Gash ORCID logo; (2020) Common Bacterial Infections and Risk of Dementia or Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 76 (4). pp. 1609-1626. ISSN 1387-2877 DOI: 10.3233/JAD-200303
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BACKGROUND: Bacterial infections may be associated with dementia, but the temporality of any relationship remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: To summarize existing literature on the association between common bacterial infections and the risk of dementia and cognitive decline in longitudinal studies. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive search of 10 databases of published and grey literature from inception to 18 March 2019 using search terms for common bacterial infections, dementia, cognitive decline, and longitudinal study designs. Two reviewers independently performed the study selection, data extraction, risk of bias and overall quality assessment. Data were summarized through a narrative synthesis as high heterogeneity precluded a meta-analysis. RESULTS: We identified 3,488 studies. 9 met the eligibility criteria; 6 were conducted in the United States and 3 in Taiwan. 7 studies reported on dementia and 2 investigated cognitive decline. Multiple infections were assessed in two studies. All studies found sepsis (n = 6), pneumonia (n = 3), urinary tract infection (n = 1), and cellulitis (n = 1) increased dementia risk (HR 1.10; 95% CI 1.02-1.19) to (OR 2.60; 95% CI 1.84-3.66). The range of effect estimates was similar when limited to three studies with no domains at high risk of bias. However, the overall quality of evidence was rated very low. Studies on cognitive decline found no association with infection but had low power. CONCLUSION: Our review suggests common bacterial infections may be associated with an increased risk of subsequent dementia, after adjustment for multiple confounders, but further high-quality, large-scale longitudinal studies, across different healthcare settings, are recommended to further explore this association.


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