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* Originally developed to predict mortality with [[Pseudomonas aeruginosa]] [[bacteremia]]
* Originally developed to predict mortality with [[Pseudomonas aeruginosa]] [[bacteremia]]
* Now used more broadly for mortality from infections more generally
* Now used more broadly for mortality from infections more generally
* A modified Pitt bacteremia score (mPBS) also exists[[CiteRef::nakada‐motokawa2021mo]]
* A modified Pitt bacteremia score (mPBS) also exists<ref name=":0">Nakada-Motokawa, N, Miyazaki, T, Ueda, T, et al. Modified Pitt bacteremia score for predicting mortality in patients with candidaemia: A multicentre seven-year retrospective study conducted in Japan. ''Mycoses''. 2021; 64: 1498-1507. https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.13380</ref>


== Components ==
== Components ==
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|+Mortality predicted by PBS for various infections.
|+Mortality predicted by PBS for various infections.
!Score
!Score
!Gram-negative bacteremia (28-day mortality)[[CiteRef::al-hasan2013pr]]
!Gram-negative bacteremia (28-day mortality)<ref>Al-Hasan MN, Lahr BD, Eckel-Passow JE, Baddour LM. Predictive scoring model of mortality in Gram-negative bloodstream infection. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Oct;19(10):948-54. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-0691.12085 10.1111/1469-0691.12085]. Epub 2012 Nov 27. PMID: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23190091/ 23190091].</ref>
![[Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia|SAB]] (30-day mortality)<ref>Roth JA, Tschudin-Sutter S, Dangel M, Frei R, Battegay M, Widmer AF. Value of the Pitt Bacteraemia Score to predict short-term mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a validation study. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2017 Aug. 10 [cited 2023 Feb. 8];147(3132):w14482. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2342</ref>
![[Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia|SAB]] (30-day mortality)<ref>Roth JA, Tschudin-Sutter S, Dangel M, Frei R, Battegay M, Widmer AF. Value of the Pitt Bacteraemia Score to predict short-term mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a validation study. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2017 Aug. 10 [cited 2023 Feb. 8];147(3132):w14482. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2342</ref>
!Nonbacteremic infections (14-day mortality)[[CiteRef::henderson2019th]]
!Nonbacteremic infections (14-day mortality)<ref>Heather Henderson, Courtney L Luterbach, Eric Cober, Sandra S Richter, Robert A Salata, Robert C Kalayjian, Richard R Watkins, Yohei Doi, Keith S Kaye, Scott Evans, Vance G Fowler, Jr, Robert A Bonomo, Anthony Harris, Sonia Napravnik, David Van Duin, The Pitt Bacteremia Score Predicts Mortality in Nonbacteremic Infections, ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'', Volume 70, Issue 9, 1 May 2020, Pages 1826–1833, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz528</ref>
!Candidemia (mPBS) (30-day mortality)<ref name=":0" />
!Candidemia (mPBS) (30-day mortality)[[CiteRef::nakada‐motokawa2021mo]]
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Revision as of 17:16, 27 September 2024

Background

  • Originally developed to predict mortality with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia
  • Now used more broadly for mortality from infections more generally
  • A modified Pitt bacteremia score (mPBS) also exists1

Components

  • Measured at onset of bacteremia
Criterion Points (original) Points (modified)
Fever (°C)
    ≤35 or ≥40 2
    35.1-36.0 or 39.0-39.9 1
    36.1-38.9 0
Hypotension: drop by >30 SBP or >20 DBP, or vasopressors, or SBP <90 2 2
Mechanical ventilation 2 2
Cardiac arrest 4 4
Mental status
    Alert 0 0
    Disoriented 1 1
    Stuporous/comatose 2 2
    Comatose 4 4
Dialysis 2

Interpretation

  • ≥4 usually used as a cutoff for increased risk of death
Mortality predicted by PBS for various infections.
Score Gram-negative bacteremia (28-day mortality)2 SAB (30-day mortality)[1] Nonbacteremic infections (14-day mortality)3 Candidemia (mPBS) (30-day mortality)1
0 ≤1% 8% 5% 14%
1 1% 5%
2 1.5% 15%
3 2% 40%
4 3% 47% 40% 37%
5 5% 33%
6 7% 43%
7 10% 75%
8 14% 69%
9 20%
≥10 27-81%
  1. Roth JA, Tschudin-Sutter S, Dangel M, Frei R, Battegay M, Widmer AF. Value of the Pitt Bacteraemia Score to predict short-term mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a validation study. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2017 Aug. 10 [cited 2023 Feb. 8];147(3132):w14482. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2342