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Association Between Estimated Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Predictions of Efficacy and Observed Clinical Outcomes in Obese and Nonobese Patients With Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections.

Melissa SantibañezKristen BunnellAmanda HarringtonSusan BleasdaleEric Wenzler
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)
Neither predicted PK/PD parameters nor clinical outcomes differed significantly between obese and nonobese patients treated with piperacillin-tazobactam or cefepime. As the majority of patients received extended-infusion piperacillin-tazobactam for bacteremia due to pathogens with low MICs, the potentially detrimental pathophysiologic derangements caused by obesity may not have been realized. Further studies are warranted to establish the optimal treatment of serious infections in obese patients.
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