• Journal of critical care · Apr 2020

    Comparative Study

    Piperacillin-tazobactam should be preferred to third-generation cephalosporins to treat wild-type inducible AmpC-producing Enterobacterales in critically ill patients with hospital or ventilator-acquired pneumonia.

    • Cédric Carrié, Guillaume Bardonneau, Laurent Petit, Alexandre Ouattara, Didier Gruson, Bruno Pereira, and Matthieu Biais.
    • Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department I, CHU Pellegrin, 33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: cedric.carrie@chu-bordeaux.fr.
    • J Crit Care. 2020 Apr 1; 56: 6-11.

    PurposeTo compare the rate of therapeutic failure in critically ill patients treated by third-generation cephalosporins (3GCs) or piperacillin-tazobactam (PTZ) for wild-type AmpC-producing Enterobacterales pulmonary infections.MethodsOver a 4-year period, all adult patients treated for a wild-type AmpC-producing Enterobacterales pulmonary infection were retrospectively included. Two groups of patients were compared according to the definitive antibiotic therapy (3GCs or PTZ) considered after <48 h of empirical antibiotic therapy. The main outcome was the rate of therapeutic failure (impaired clinical response under treatment and/or a relapse of pulmonary infection). The secondary outcome was a secondary acquisition of 3GCs resistance.ResultsOver the study period, 244 patients were included; 56 (23%) experienced therapeutic failure. In the non-adjusted cohort, the rate of therapeutic failure and emergence of resistance were significantly higher in the 3GCs group (32 vs. 18%, p = .011 and 13 vs. 5%, p = .035, respectively). In the propensity score-matched population, the use of 3GCs was associated with higher rates of therapeutic failure (HR = 1.61 [1.27-2.07]). The secondary de-escalation to 3GCs after 48 h of PTZ as a first-line antibiotic therapy was not associated with increased rate of emergence of resistance.ConclusionOur study confirms that 3GCs should be avoided as first-line antibiotic therapy in wild-type AmpC-producing Enterobacterales pulmonary infections.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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