Infection: Bloodstream https://greenmedinfo.com/taxonomy/term/66607/all en Statins have an adverse effect on outcomes in immunosuppressed patients with bloodstream infection. https://greenmedinfo.com/article/statins-have-adverse-effect-outcomes-immunosuppressed-patients-bloodstream-inf PMID:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Jan ;30(1):77-82. Epub 2010 Sep 12. PMID: 20835878 Abstract Title:  Effect of statins on outcomes in immunosuppressed patients with bloodstream infection. Abstract:  Although it has been suggested that statins have a beneficial effect on the outcome of bloodstream infection (BSI) in immunosuppressed patients, prospective studies testing this hypothesis are lacking. We performed an observational analysis of consecutive cancer patients and transplant recipients hospitalized at two tertiary hospitals in Spain (2006-2009). The first episode of BSI occurring in statin users was compared with those occurring in non-statin users. During the study period, 668 consecutive episodes of BSI in 476 immunosuppressed patients were recorded. Underlying diseases were solid tumor (46.2%), hematologic malignancy (35.1%), and transplantation (18.7%). Fifty-nine (12.4%) patients were receiving statins at the onset of BSI. Comparing with statin non-users, patients on statin treatment were older (67.3 vs. 58.7 years; p  https://greenmedinfo.com/article/statins-have-adverse-effect-outcomes-immunosuppressed-patients-bloodstream-inf#comments Infection: Bloodstream Statin-Induced Pathologies Statin Drugs Human Study Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:51:00 +0000 greenmedinfo 69430 at https://greenmedinfo.com