Outcomes analysis in patients with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase bacteremia empirically treated with piperacillin/tazobactam versus carbapenems.
Reeba JohnPeter ColleyHoa L NguyenMezgebe BerhePublished in: Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) (2019)
Infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria are associated with worse outcomes and have limited treatment options. Carbapenems remain the drug of choice for these infections due to evidence of a mortality benefit and the mixed clinical efficacy associated with piperacillin/tazobactam (PTZ). Though definitive treatment for ESBL infections is well defined, evidence for appropriate empiric therapy remains inconclusive, and the role of rapid molecular assays that identify ESBL has not been evaluated. This multicenter retrospective study at nine Baylor Scott & White Health sites included patients who had positive blood cultures with ESBL-producing bacteria identified by rapid molecular assay and were empirically prescribed PTZ or carbapenems. A total of 117 patients were included in the study; 66 received empiric PTZ and 51 received carbapenems. Results showed no difference in hospital mortality (3% vs 7.8%, P = 0.4), hospital length of stay (6.1% vs 5.9%, P = 0.88), intensive care unit length of stay (4.7% vs 3.3%, P = 0.39), or recurrent ESBL bacteremia (7.6% vs 7.8%, P = 0.99) between the PTZ and carbapenem empiric treatment groups, respectively. In the era of rapid molecular assays, these results suggest that empiric PTZ use and avoidance of empiric carbapenem therapy in the first 24 hours of infection can be considered until a microbiological diagnosis is confirmed.
Keyphrases
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- escherichia coli
- gram negative
- multidrug resistant
- intensive care unit
- urinary tract infection
- healthcare
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- acinetobacter baumannii
- drug resistant
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- public health
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- emergency department
- combination therapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- cardiovascular disease
- mesenchymal stem cells
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- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- cross sectional
- metabolic syndrome
- stem cells
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- adverse drug
- double blind
- mechanical ventilation
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