Use of β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitors for extended-spectrum-β-lactamase infections: defining the right patient population

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2017

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Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1098-6596, Vol. 61, Nro. 8, 2017

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American Society for Microbiology

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Abstract

β-Lactam/β-lactamase inhibitors (BLBLIs) were compared to carbapenems in two cohorts of hematological neutropenic patients with extended-spectrum-β-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.

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ESBLs, Bloodstream infection, Neutropenia

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Beta-Lactamas
Inhibidores de beta-Lactamasas
Carbapenémicos

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