Bacterial Resistance to Cephalosporin Treatment in Elderly Stable Patients Hospitalized With a Urinary Tract Infection.


Journal

The American journal of the medical sciences
ISSN: 1538-2990
Titre abrégé: Am J Med Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0370506

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 2020
Historique:
received: 22 10 2019
revised: 13 03 2020
accepted: 05 05 2020
pubmed: 3 6 2020
medline: 7 10 2020
entrez: 3 6 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

It is unclear if parenteral cephalosporin treatment is appropriate in stable elderly patients hospitalized with a urinary tract infection (UTI) in settings with a high prevalence of bacterial resistant organisms. We selected 934 consecutive stable patients aged ≥65 years with a UTI, 94.4% (n = 882) treated with a parenteral cephalosporin. Patients were divided into those with and without bacterial resistance to initial antibiotic therapy (BRIAT). Outcome measures were response to antibiotic therapy at 72 hours, prolonged hospitalization (>5 days) and mortality. There were 316 patients (33.8%) with BRIAT. At 72 hours, 33.9% (107/316) did not respond to initial treatment. The odds of a prolonged hospitalization was 2.1 (95% confidence interval-1.6-2.9), but no patient with BRIAT died from urosepsis (0%, 95% confidence interval-0-1.2%). In elderly stable patients hospitalized with a UTI, treatment with a parenteral cephalosporin might be appropriate despite a high prevalence of resistant organisms.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
It is unclear if parenteral cephalosporin treatment is appropriate in stable elderly patients hospitalized with a urinary tract infection (UTI) in settings with a high prevalence of bacterial resistant organisms.
METHODS
We selected 934 consecutive stable patients aged ≥65 years with a UTI, 94.4% (n = 882) treated with a parenteral cephalosporin. Patients were divided into those with and without bacterial resistance to initial antibiotic therapy (BRIAT). Outcome measures were response to antibiotic therapy at 72 hours, prolonged hospitalization (>5 days) and mortality.
RESULTS
There were 316 patients (33.8%) with BRIAT. At 72 hours, 33.9% (107/316) did not respond to initial treatment. The odds of a prolonged hospitalization was 2.1 (95% confidence interval-1.6-2.9), but no patient with BRIAT died from urosepsis (0%, 95% confidence interval-0-1.2%).
CONCLUSIONS
In elderly stable patients hospitalized with a UTI, treatment with a parenteral cephalosporin might be appropriate despite a high prevalence of resistant organisms.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32482350
pii: S0002-9629(20)30181-6
doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.05.008
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anti-Bacterial Agents 0
Cephalosporins 0
beta-Lactamases EC 3.5.2.6

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

243-247

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Zvi Shimoni (Z)

Department of Internal Medicine B, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.

Mohamed Salah (M)

Department of Internal Medicine B, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel.

Amrani Kasem (A)

Department of Internal Medicine B, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel.

Vered Hermush (V)

Department of Geriatrics, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel.

Paul Froom (P)

Department of Clinical Utility, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel; School of Public Health, University of Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: froom@gmail.com.

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