Retrospective Tertiary Care-Based Cohort Study on Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Ceftazidime-Avibactam-Resistant Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections.
Fatema AhmedBetsy AbrahamNermin Kamal SaeedHasan Mohamed NaserKannan SridharanPublished in: Critical care research and practice (2024)
Early advent of CAZ-AVI resistance in CRE isolates highlights the dynamic necessity of routine CAZ-AVI resistance laboratory testing and antimicrobial stewardship programmes focusing on the utilization of all antibiotics. Consolidating the hospital infection control of tracheostomies may help to prevent CAZ resistance in CRKP. Colistin may aid in decreasing of mortality rates among patients with CAZ-AVI CRKP isolates.