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Clinical Outcomes and Safety of Meropenem–Colistin versus Meropenem–Tigecycline in Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia
- Source :
- Antibiotics, Vol 10, Iss 8, p 903 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- This study compared the clinical outcomes and safety of meropenem–colistin versus meropenem–tigecycline in the treatment of adult patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) pneumonia. A retrospective observational study of patients with CRAB pneumonia was performed at a 1048-bed university-affiliated hospital in the Republic of Korea between June 2013 and January 2020. All adult patients initially treated with meropenem–colistin were compared with those treated with meropenem–tigecycline to evaluate in-hospital mortality and adverse events. Altogether, 66 patients prescribed meropenem–colistin and 24 patients prescribed meropenem–tigecycline were included. All patients had nosocomial pneumonia, and 31.1% had ventilator-associated pneumonia. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of meropenem ≤ 8 μg/mL and tigecycline ≤ 2 μg/mL were 20.0% and 81.1%, respectively. The in-hospital and 28-day mortality rates were 40% and 32%, respectively. In the Cox proportional hazard regression analysis, predictors associated with in-hospital mortality included procalcitonin ≥ 1 ng/mL (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 3.39; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.40–8.19; p = 0.007) and meropenem–colistin combination therapy (aHR, 2.58; 95% CI, 1.07–6.23; p = 0.036). Episodes of nephrotoxicity were significantly more common in the meropenem–colistin group than in the meropenem–tigecycline group (51.5% vs. 12.5%, p = 0.001). Meropenem–tigecycline combination therapy might be a valuable treatment option for patients with CRAB pneumonia.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20796382
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Antibiotics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.6bd3a44639d453b8ab269136b1bf0fe
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10080903