Publication: Evaluation of the combination treatments with intravenous fosfomycin for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
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2023-01-01
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Tüzemen, Nazmiye Ülkü
Kaya, Pınar Küçükdemirci
KELEBEK GİRGİN, NERMİN
Özakın, Cüneyt
Kahveci, Ferda Şöhret
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Assoc Medica Brasileira
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the combination treatments with intravenous fosfomycin for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in a tertiary-care center.METHODS: Between December 24, 2018 and November 21, 2022, adult patients diagnosed with bloodstream infection or ventilator-associated pneumonia due to culture-confirmed carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the anesthesiology and reanimation intensive care units were investigated retrospectively.RESULTS: There were a total of 62 patients fulfilling the study inclusion criteria. No significant difference was recorded in 14-and 30-day mortality among different types of combination regimens such as fosfomycin plus one or two antibiotic combinations. Hypokalemia (OR:5.651, 95%CI 1.019- 31.330, p=0.048) was found to be a significant risk factor for 14-day mortality, whereas SOFA score at the time of diagnosis (OR:1.497, 95%CI 1.103- 2.032, p=0.010) and CVVHF treatment (OR:6.409, 95%CI 1.395-29.433, p=0.017) were associated with 30-day mortality in multivariate analysis.CONCLUSION: In our study, high mortality rates were found in patients with bloodstream infection or ventilator-associated pneumonia due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, and no significant difference was recorded in 14-and 30-day mortality among different types of combination regimens such as fosfomycin plus one or two antibiotic combinations.
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Fosfomycin, Bloodstream infection, Ventilator-associated pneumonia, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Science & technology, Life sciences & biomedicine, Medicine, general & internal, General & internal medicine