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Clinical outcomes of Enterobacteriaceae infections stratified by carbapenem MICs.

Abstract
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) lowered the MIC breakpoints for meropenem and imipenem from 4 mg/liter to 1 mg/liter for Enterobacteriaceae in 2010. The breakpoint change improves the probability of pharmacodynamic target attainment and eliminates the need for microbiology labs to perform confirmatory testing for Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) production or other beta-lactamases that hydrolyze carbapenems. However, there are limited data evaluating clinical outcomes of the affected breakpoints, and it is unknown if patients infected with Enterobacteriaceae with reduced susceptibility are more likely to have poor outcomes when treated with a carbapenem. We conducted a single-center retrospective matched-cohort analysis in adult patients with Enterobacteriaceae infections treated with meropenem, imipenem, or doripenem. Patients with Enterobacteriaceae infection with a carbapenem MIC of 2 to 8 mg/liter were matched based on pathogen, source of infection, comorbidities, and disease severity (1:1 ratio) to those with a carbapenem MIC of ≤1 mg/liter. A total of 36 patients were included in the study. The group with carbapenem MICs of 2 to 8 mg/liter had a significantly higher 30-day mortality than the group with carbapenem MICs of ≤1 mg/liter (38.9% compared to 5.6%, P = 0.04). Total hospital length of stay (LOS) and intensive care unit (ICU) LOS were longer in the group with MICs of 2 to 8 mg/liter than in the group with MICs of ≤1 mg/liter (57.6 days compared to 34.4 days [P = 0.06] and 56.6 days compared to 21.7 days [P < 0.01], respectively). Patients infected with Enterobacteriaceae with a carbapenem MIC of 2, 4, or 8 mg/liter had higher mortality rates and longer ICU LOS than matched cohorts with carbapenem MICs of ≤1 mg/liter, which supports CLSI's recommendation to lower susceptibility breakpoints for carbapenems.
AuthorsTwisha S Patel, Jerod L Nagel
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology (J Clin Microbiol) Vol. 53 Issue 1 Pg. 201-5 (Jan 2015) ISSN: 1098-660X [Electronic] United States
PMID25378572 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Chemical References
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase
Topics
  • Aged
  • Bacterial Proteins (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Comorbidity
  • Enterobacteriaceae (drug effects)
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections (drug therapy, epidemiology, microbiology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Mortality
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • beta-Lactam Resistance
  • beta-Lactamases (pharmacology, therapeutic use)

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