Adverse clinical outcomes associated with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter (CRA) infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Weiping LingLuis Furuya-KanamoriYukiko EzurePatrick N A Harris David L Paterson

Published in: JAC-antimicrobial resistance (2021)

CRA-infected patients had worse clinical outcomes. This might be due to delay in appropriate antibiotic therapy, patients being sicker at admission and CRA strains potentially being more virulent than CSA strains. Improving appropriateness of antibiotic therapy in CRA-infected patients could reduce adverse clinical outcomes.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
escherichia coli
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
emergency department
peritoneal dialysis
stem cells
pseudomonas aeruginosa
cystic fibrosis