Initial empirical antibiotic therapy in kidney transplant recipients with pyelonephritis: A global survey of current practice and opinions across 19 countries on six continents.

antimicrobial stewardship kidney transplantation questionnaire urinary tract infection

Journal

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
ISSN: 1399-3062
Titre abrégé: Transpl Infect Dis
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 100883688

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
26 Aug 2024
Historique:
revised: 03 08 2024
received: 03 06 2024
accepted: 09 08 2024
medline: 26 8 2024
pubmed: 26 8 2024
entrez: 26 8 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Despite the burden of pyelonephritis after kidney transplantation, there is no consensus on initial empirical antibiotic management. We surveyed clinicians throughout the world on their practice and opinions about the initial empirical therapy of post-transplant pyelonephritis, using clinical vignettes. A panel of experts from 19 countries on six continents designed this survey, and invited 2145 clinicians to participate. A total of 721 clinicians completed the survey (response rate: 34%). In the hypothetical case of a kidney transplant recipient admitted with pyelonephritis but not requiring intensive care, most respondents reported initiating either a 3rd-generation cephalosporin (37%) or piperacillin-tazobactam (21%) monotherapy. Several patient-level factors dictated the selection of broader-spectrum antibiotics, including having a recent urine culture showing growth of a resistant organism (85% for extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing organisms, 90% for carbapenemase-producing organisms, and 94% for Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Respondents attributed high importance to the appropriateness of empirical therapy, which 87% judged important to prevent mortality. Significant practice and opinion variations were observed between and within countries. High-quality studies are needed to guide the empirical management of post-transplant pyelonephritis. In particular, whether prior urine culture results should systematically be reviewed and considered remains to be determined. Studies are also needed to clarify the relationship between the appropriateness of initial empirical therapy and outcomes of post-transplant pyelonephritis.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Despite the burden of pyelonephritis after kidney transplantation, there is no consensus on initial empirical antibiotic management.
METHODS METHODS
We surveyed clinicians throughout the world on their practice and opinions about the initial empirical therapy of post-transplant pyelonephritis, using clinical vignettes. A panel of experts from 19 countries on six continents designed this survey, and invited 2145 clinicians to participate.
RESULTS RESULTS
A total of 721 clinicians completed the survey (response rate: 34%). In the hypothetical case of a kidney transplant recipient admitted with pyelonephritis but not requiring intensive care, most respondents reported initiating either a 3rd-generation cephalosporin (37%) or piperacillin-tazobactam (21%) monotherapy. Several patient-level factors dictated the selection of broader-spectrum antibiotics, including having a recent urine culture showing growth of a resistant organism (85% for extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing organisms, 90% for carbapenemase-producing organisms, and 94% for Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Respondents attributed high importance to the appropriateness of empirical therapy, which 87% judged important to prevent mortality. Significant practice and opinion variations were observed between and within countries.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
High-quality studies are needed to guide the empirical management of post-transplant pyelonephritis. In particular, whether prior urine culture results should systematically be reviewed and considered remains to be determined. Studies are also needed to clarify the relationship between the appropriateness of initial empirical therapy and outcomes of post-transplant pyelonephritis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39185755
doi: 10.1111/tid.14362
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e14362

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Author(s). Transplant Infectious Disease published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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Auteurs

Julien Coussement (J)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Guadeloupe University Hospital, Les Abymes, France.
Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Shyam B Bansal (SB)

Department of Nephrology, Medanta-Medicity, Gurgaon, India.

Anne Scemla (A)

Department of Kidney Transplantation, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

My H S Svensson (MHS)

Department of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.

Laura A Barcan (LA)

Internal Medicine Department, Infectious Diseases Section, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Olivia C Smibert (OC)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia.

Wanessa T Clemente (WT)

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Transplant Program, Hospital das Clínicas-Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), School of Medicine (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Francisco Lopez-Medrano (F)

Department of Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario "12 de Octubre", Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital "12 de Octubre" (imas12), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.

Tomer Hoffman (T)

Infectious Diseases Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Umberto Maggiore (U)

Department of Medicine and Surgery, Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Concetta Catalano (C)

Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk Hilbrands (L)

Department of Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Oriol Manuel (O)

Transplantation Centre and Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Tinus DU Toit (T)

Transplant Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Terence Kee Yi Shern (TKY)

Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

Nizamuddin Chowdhury (N)

Department of Nephrology, BRB Hospitals Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Ondrej Viklicky (O)

Department of Nephrology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.

Rainer Oberbauer (R)

Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Samuel Markowicz (S)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Guadeloupe University Hospital, Les Abymes, France.

Hannah Kaminski (H)

Department of Nephrology, Transplantation, Dialysis and Apheresis, Pellegrin University Hospital, Bordeaux, France.

Matthieu Lafaurie (M)

Infectious Diseases Unit, St-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

Ligia C Pierrotti (LC)

Infectious Diseases Division, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Tiago L Cerqueira (TL)

Department of Kidney Transplant, Hospital Evangelico de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Dafna Yahav (D)

Infectious Diseases Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Nassim Kamar (N)

Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation, Toulouse Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (Infinity), University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

Camille N Kotton (CN)

Transplant Infectious Disease and Compromised Host Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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