Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial infection among young infants in South Asia: a longitudinal cohort study with nested case-control analysis.

Nicholas E Connor ORCID logo; Mohammad Shahidul Islam; Luke C Mullany; Nong Shang; Zulfiqar A Bhutta; Anita KM Zaidi; Sajid Soofi ORCID logo; Imran Nisar ORCID logo; Pinaki Panigrahi; Kalpana Panigrahi; +22 more... Radhanath Satpathy; Anuradha Bose; Rita Isaac; Abdullah H Baqui; Dipak K Mitra; Qazi Sadeq-Ur Rahman; Tanvir Hossain; Stephanie J Schrag; Jonas M Winchell; Melissa L Arvay; Maureen H Diaz; Jessica L Waller; Martin W Weber; Davidson H Hamer; Patricia Hibberd; ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed; Maksuda Islam; Mohammad Belal Hossain; Shamim A Qazi; Shams El Arifeen; Gary L Darmstadt ORCID logo; Samir K Saha; (2022) Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial infection among young infants in South Asia: a longitudinal cohort study with nested case-control analysis. BMJ global health, 7 (11). e009706-e009706. ISSN 2059-7908 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009706
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OBJECTIVE: Risk factors predisposing infants to community-acquired bacterial infections during the first 2 months of life are poorly understood in South Asia. Identifying risk factors for infection could lead to improved preventive measures and antibiotic stewardship. METHODS: Five sites in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan enrolled mother-child pairs via population-based pregnancy surveillance by community health workers. Medical, sociodemographic and epidemiological risk factor data were collected. Young infants aged 0-59 days with signs of possible serious bacterial infection (pSBI) and age-matched controls provided blood and respiratory specimens that were analysed by blood culture and real-time PCR. These tests were used to build a Bayesian partial latent class model (PLCM) capable of attributing the probable cause of each infant's infection in the ANISA study. The collected risk factors from all mother-child pairs were classified and analysed against the PLCM using bivariate and stepwise logistic multivariable regression modelling to determine risk factors of probable bacterial infection. RESULTS: Among 63 114 infants born, 14 655 were assessed and 6022 had signs of pSBI; of these, 81% (4859) provided blood samples for culture, 71% (4216) provided blood samples for quantitative PCR (qPCR) and 86% (5209) provided respiratory qPCR samples. Risk factors associated with bacterial-attributed infections included: low (relative risk (RR) 1.73, 95% credible interval (CrI) 1.42 to 2.11) and very low birth weight (RR 5.77, 95% CrI 3.73 to 8.94), male sex (RR 1.27, 95% CrI 1.07 to 1.52), breathing problems at birth (RR 2.50, 95% CrI 1.96 to 3.18), premature rupture of membranes (PROMs) (RR 1.27, 95% CrI 1.03 to 1.58) and being in the lowest three socioeconomic status quintiles (first RR 1.52, 95% CrI 1.07 to 2.16; second RR 1.41, 95% CrI 1.00 to 1.97; third RR 1.42, 95% CrI 1.01 to 1.99). CONCLUSION: Distinct risk factors: birth weight, male sex, breathing problems at birth and PROM were significantly associated with the development of bacterial sepsis across South Asian community settings, supporting refined clinical discernment and targeted use of antimicrobials.


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