Efficacy of beta-Lactam/beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations for the Treatment of Bloodstream Infection Due to Extended-Spectrum-beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Hematological Patients with Neutropenia
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, vol.61, no.8, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 61 Issue: 8
- Publication Date: 2017
- Doi Number: 10.1128/aac.00164-17
- Journal Name: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
beta-Lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitors (BLBLIs) were compared to carbapenems in two cohorts of hematological neutropenic patients with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) bloodstream infection (BSI): the empirical therapy cohort (174 patients) and the definitive therapy cohort (251 patients). The 30-day case fatality rates and other secondary outcomes were similar in the two therapy groups of the two cohorts and also in the propensity-matched cohorts. BLBLIs might be carbapenem-sparing alternatives for the treatment of BSI due to ESBLs in these patients.