Clinical effectiveness of cefiderocol for the treatment of bloodstream infections due to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii during the COVID-19 era : a single center, observational study

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BACKGROUND: We assessed the clinical effectiveness of cefiderocol (CFDC) in comparison with colistin (COL) for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) bloodstream infections (BSI).

MATERIALS/METHODS: Retrospective cohort study including adults with CRAB-BSI. Outcomes were mortality, clinical cure and adverse events during therapy. The average treatment effect of CFDC compared to COL was weighted with the inverse-probability treatment weight (IPTW).

RESULTS: Overall, 104 patients were included (50 CFDC, 54 COL), median age 66.5 years, median Charlson Comorbidity Index 5, septic shock in 33.6% of patients. Primary BSI accounted for 43.3% of cases, followed by ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) (26%), catheter-related BSI (20.2%) and hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) (9.6%). Although not significantly, mortality at all time points was lower for CFDC than COL, while clinical cure was higher in CFDC than COL (66% vs. 44.4%, p = 0.027). Adverse events were more frequent in COL than CFDC-group (38.8% vs. 10%, p < 0.0001), primarily attributed to acute kidney injury (AKI) in the COL group. Patients with bacteremic HAP/VAP treated with CFDC had a significant lower 30-d mortality and higher clinical cure than COL (p = 0.008 and p = 0.0008, respectively). Increment of CCI (p = 0.005), ICU (p = 0.025), SARS-CoV2 (p = 0.006) and ECMO (p < 0.0001) were independently associated with 30-d mortality, while receiving CFDC was not associated with survival.

CONCLUSIONS: CFDC could represent an effective and safe treatment option for CRAB BSI, especially in patients with bacteremic HAP/VAP and frail patients where the risk of acute renal failure during therapy should be avoided.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - (2024) vom: 18. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oliva, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Liguori, L [VerfasserIn]
Covino, S [VerfasserIn]
Petrucci, F [VerfasserIn]
Cogliati-Dezza, F [VerfasserIn]
Curtolo, A [VerfasserIn]
Savelloni, G [VerfasserIn]
Comi, M [VerfasserIn]
Sacco, F [VerfasserIn]
Ceccarelli, G [VerfasserIn]
Viscido, A [VerfasserIn]
Alessandri, F [VerfasserIn]
Raponi, G [VerfasserIn]
Pugliese, F [VerfasserIn]
Mastroianni, C M [VerfasserIn]
Venditti, M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bloodstream infection
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Cefiderocol
Colistin
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Ventilator-acquired pneumonia

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Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1007/s10096-024-04833-8

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NLM371240646