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18 May 1999 | Volume 130 Issue 10 | Pages 810-820
Background: The appropriate duration of therapy for catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is controversial. Conventional practice dictates that all patients receive prolonged courses of intravenous antibiotics. Some clinicians recommend abbreviated therapeutic courses, but an alternate approach involves prospectively identifying patients for whom abbreviated therapy is appropriate.
Objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in establishing duration of therapy for catheter-associated S. aureus bacteremia.
Design: Cost-effectiveness analysis.
Data Sources: MEDLINE search of literature; clinical data from patients with S. aureus bacteremia (n = 196) and patients with endocarditis (n = 60); and costs obtained from the study institution, regional home health agency, and national estimates of professional and technical fees.
Target Population: Patients with catheter-associated S. aureus bacteremia on native heart valves without intravenous drug use or clinically apparent metastatic infection, immunosuppression, or indwelling prosthetic devices.
Time Horizon: Patient lifetime.
Perspective: Societal.
Interventions: Antibiotic treatment based on TEE results compared with 2- or 4-week empirical therapy.
Outcome Measures: Quality-adjusted life expectancy, costs, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios.
Results of Base-Case Analysis: Compared with empirical short-course therapy, the TEE strategy cost $4938 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained. The effectiveness of the TEE strategy and the effectiveness of the long-course strategy were sufficiently similar that the additional cost of empirical long-course therapy ($1 667 971 per QALY) was higher than that which society usually considers cost-effective.
Results of Sensitivity Analyses: In a four-way sensitivity analysis (endocarditis prevalence, TEE cost, short-course relapse rate, and TEE specificity), compared with empirical short-course therapy, the TEE strategy results ranged from cost savings to $155 624 per QALY.
Conclusion: Within the limitations of existing empirical data, this study suggests that for patients with clinically uncomplicated catheter-associated S. aureus bacteremia, the use of TEE to determine therapy duration is a cost-effective alternative to 2- or 4-week empirical therapy.
Author and Article Information
From Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Grant Support: Dr. Fowler was supported in part by a Health Services Research and Development Fellowship from the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, and by an Outcomes Research grant from the American Society of Echocardiography.
Requests for Reprints: Allison B. Rosen, MPH, Box 3254, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Current Author Addresses: Ms. Rosen and Dr. Jollis: Box 3254, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Dr. Fowler: Box 3824, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Dr. Corey: Box 3038, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Dr. Downs: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB7225, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
Dr. Biddle: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB7400-HPAA, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
Dr. Li: Box 3090, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. ARTICLE
Cost-Effectiveness of Transesophageal Echocardiography To Determine the Duration of Therapy for Intravascular Catheter-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
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