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Garsevanyan S, Barlow M. The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) β-Lactamase Has Evolved in Response to Ceftazidime Avibactam. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 13:40. [PMID: 38247599 PMCID: PMC10812414 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13010040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase KPC is an important resistance gene that has disseminated globally in response to carbapenem use. It is now being implicated as a resistance determinant in Ceftazidime Avibactam (CAZ-AVI) resistance. Given that CAZ-AVI is a last-resort antibiotic, it is critical to understand how resistance to this drug is evolving. In particular, we were interested in determining the evolutionary response of KPC to CAZ-AVI consumption. Through phylogenetic reconstruction, we identified the variable sites under positive selection in the KPC gene that are correlated with Ceftazidime Avibactam (CAZ-AVI) resistance. Our approach was to use a phylogeny to identify multiple independent occurrences of mutations at variable sites and a literature review to correlate CAZ-AVI resistance with the mutations we identified. We found the following sites that are under positive selection: P104, W105, A120, R164, L169, A172, D179, V240, Y241, T243, Y264, and H274. The sites that correlate with CAZ-AVI resistance are R164, L169, A172, D179, V240, Y241, T243, and H274. Overall, we found that there is evidence of positive selection in KPC and that CAZ-AVI is the major selective pressure.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA;
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Chen Y, Yang R, Guo P, Liu P, Deng J, Wu Z, Wu Q, Huang J, Liao K. Dynamic evolution of ceftazidime-avibactam resistance due to interchanges between blaKPC-2 and blaKPC-145 during treatment of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1244511. [PMID: 37671146 PMCID: PMC10476102 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1244511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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Background The emergence of ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) resistance among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is of major concern due to limited therapeutic options. Methods In this study, 10 CRKP strains were isolated from different samples of a patient with CRKP infection receiving CZA treatment. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and conjugation experiments were performed to determine the transferability of the carbapenem resistance gene. Results This infection began with a KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae (CZA MIC = 2 μg/mL, imipenem MIC ≥ 16 μg/mL). After 20 days of CZA treatment, the strains switched to the amino acid substitution of T263A caused by a novel KPC-producing gene, blaKPC-145, which restored carbapenem susceptibility but showed CZA resistance (CZA MIC ≥ 256 μg/mL, imipenem MIC = 1 μg/mL). The blaKPC-145 gene was located on a 148,185-bp untransformable IncFII-type plasmid. The subsequent use of carbapenem against KPC-145-producing K. pneumoniae infection led to a reversion of KPC-2 production (CZA MIC = 2 μg/mL, imipenem MIC ≥ 16 μg/mL). WGS analysis showed that all isolates belonged to ST11-KL47, and the number of SNPs was 14. This implied that these blaKPC-positive K. pneumoniae isolates might originate from a single clone and have been colonized for a long time during the 120-day treatment period. Conclusion This is the first report of CZA resistance caused by blaKPC-145, which emerged during the treatment with CZA against blaKPC-2-positive K. pneumoniae-associated infection in China. These findings indicated that routine testing for antibiotic susceptibility and carbapenemase genotype is essential during CZA treatment.
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- Yili Chen
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Grant TA, López-Pérez M, Haro-Moreno JM, Almagro-Moreno S. Allelic diversity uncovers protein domains contributing to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010490. [PMID: 36972246 PMCID: PMC10079234 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains a major threat to global health. To date, tractable approaches that decipher how AMR emerges within a bacterial population remain limited. Here, we developed a framework that exploits genetic diversity from environmental bacterial populations to decode emergent phenotypes such as AMR. OmpU is a porin that can make up to 60% of the outer membrane of Vibrio cholerae, the cholera pathogen. This porin is directly associated with the emergence of toxigenic clades and confers resistance to numerous host antimicrobials. In this study, we examined naturally occurring allelic variants of OmpU in environmental V. cholerae and established associations that connected genotypic variation with phenotypic outcome. We covered the landscape of gene variability and found that the porin forms two major phylogenetic clusters with striking genetic diversity. We generated 14 isogenic mutant strains, each encoding a unique ompU allele, and found that divergent genotypes lead to convergent antimicrobial resistance profiles. We identified and characterized functional domains in OmpU unique to variants conferring AMR-associated phenotypes. Specifically, we identified four conserved domains that are linked with resistance to bile and host-derived antimicrobial peptides. Mutant strains for these domains exhibit differential susceptibility patterns to these and other antimicrobials. Interestingly, a mutant strain in which we exchanged the four domains of the clinical allele for those of a sensitive strain exhibits a resistance profile closer to a porin deletion mutant. Finally, using phenotypic microarrays, we uncovered novel functions of OmpU and their connection with allelic variability. Our findings highlight the suitability of our approach towards dissecting the specific protein domains associated with the emergence of AMR and can be naturally extended to other bacterial pathogens and biological processes.
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- Trudy-Ann Grant
- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
- Evolutionary Genomics Group, División de Microbiología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
- Evolutionary Genomics Group, División de Microbiología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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Garcia-Bustos V, Cabañero-Navalón MD, Salavert Lletí M. Resistance to beta-lactams in Gram-negative bacilli: relevance and potential therapeutic alternatives. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA : PUBLICACION OFICIAL DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA 2022; 35 Suppl 2:1-15. [PMID: 36193979 PMCID: PMC9632057 DOI: 10.37201/req/s02.01.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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The indiscriminate and massive antibiotic use in the clinical practice and in agriculture or cattle during the past few decades has produced a serious world health problem that entails high morbidity and mortality: the antibiotic multi-drug resistance. In 2017 and 2019, the World Health Organization published a list of urgent threats and priorities in the context of drug resistance, which only included Gram-negative bacteria and specially focused on carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as carbapenem and third generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. This scenario emphasizes the need of developing and testing new antibiotics from different families, such as new beta-lactams, highlighting cefiderocol and its original mechanism of action; new beta-lactamase inhibitors, with vaborbactam or relebactam among others; new quinolones such as delafloxacin, and also omadacycline or eravacycline, as members of the tetracycline family. The present work reviews the importance and impact of Gram-negative bacterial infections and their resistance mechanisms, and analyzes the current therapeutic paradigm as well as the role of new antibiotics with a promising future in the era of multi and pan-drug resistance.
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- Miguel Salavert Lletí. Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Área Clínica Médica. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia. Spain.
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Hayden DA, White BP, Bennett KK. Review of Ceftazidime-Avibactam, Meropenem-Vaborbactam, and Imipenem/Cilastatin-Relebactam to Target Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales. J Pharm Technol 2021; 36:202-210. [PMID: 34752560 DOI: 10.1177/8755122520934726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Objective: To provide a review of 3 novel antimicrobial agents-ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, and imipenem/cilastatin-relebactam-regarding treatment of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (KPC). Data Sources: A literature search of PubMed and OVID (MEDLINE) was performed up to March 2020 using the following search terms: Vabomere, meropenem-vaborbactam, vaborbactam, RPX7009, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase, KPC, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, CRE, relebactam, imipenem-relebactam, MK-7655, ceftazidime-avibactam. Abstracts from conferences, article bibliographies, and product information were also reviewed. Study Selection and Data Extraction: Articles were first screened by English language, then title, then abstract, and finally by review of the full article. Fifty-five clinical and preclinical studies were included. Data Synthesis: These 3 novel β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations have shown considerable improvement in safety and efficacy as compared with traditional polymyxin-based combination therapy for the treatment of KPC infections. While meropenem-vaborbactam has not shown improved activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, it has shown decreased rates of resistance to KPC versus ceftazidime-avibactam. Conclusions: With increasing incidence of KPC infections on a global scale, pharmacists should be aware of the notable similarities and differences between these 3 agents, and the current data supporting their use. Pharmacists may want to consider meropenem-vaborbactam over ceftazidime-avibactam for KPC infections due to decreased likelihood of resistance.
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Roscetto E, Bellavita R, Paolillo R, Merlino F, Molfetta N, Grieco P, Buommino E, Catania MR. Antimicrobial Activity of a Lipidated Temporin L Analogue against Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10111312. [PMID: 34827250 PMCID: PMC8614721 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10111312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Over the years, the increasing acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes has led to the emergence of highly resistant bacterial strains and the loss of standard antibiotics' efficacy, including β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations and the last line carbapenems. Klebsiella pneumoniae is considered one of the major exponents of a group of multidrug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens responsible for serious healthcare-associated infections. In this study, we proved the antimicrobial activity of two analogues of Temporin L against twenty carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae clinical isolates. According to the antibiotic susceptibility assay, all the K. pneumoniae strains were resistant to at least one other class of antibiotics, in addition to beta-lactams. Peptides 1B and C showed activity on all test strains, but the lipidated analogue C expressed the greater antimicrobial properties, with MIC values ranging from 6.25 to 25 µM. Furthermore, the peptide C showed bactericidal activity at MIC values. The results clearly highlight the great potential of antimicrobial peptides both as a new treatment option for difficult-to-treat infections and as a new strategy of drug-resistance control.
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- Emanuela Roscetto
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy; (E.R.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (R.B.); (F.M.); (N.M.); (P.G.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy; (E.R.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (R.B.); (F.M.); (N.M.); (P.G.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (R.B.); (F.M.); (N.M.); (P.G.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (R.B.); (F.M.); (N.M.); (P.G.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy; (R.B.); (F.M.); (N.M.); (P.G.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy; (E.R.); (R.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-081-7464577
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Tsioutis C, Eichel VM, Mutters NT. Transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: the role of infection control. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 76:i4-i11. [PMID: 33534880 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The worldwide spread of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) in healthcare settings is worrying. Of particular concern is the occurrence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP). In recent years, several guidelines and recommendations have focused on the control of carbapenem-resistant GNB. It remains, however, unknown to what extent individual infection control measures are effective. Our aim was to critically review the recent evidence regarding the effectiveness of measures to control KPC-KP spread in healthcare settings. METHODS Critical review of the literature aiming to evaluate, in accordance with published recommendations, all available studies reporting infection control (IC) measures to control KPC-KP published in the past 5 years. RESULTS Among 11 included studies, the majority consisted of outbreak reports, where application of measures was reported in the absence of control groups. Variability was observed related to the frequency of application of recommended measures for control of KPC-KP. Additional measures were recorded, such as environmental sampling and staff screening, whereas compliance with hand hygiene was measured in relatively few studies. Finally, mortality in patients harbouring KPC-KP was notable, reaching 42.9% of included patients. CONCLUSIONS Despite successful control of KPC-KP spread during outbreaks, the impact of individual IC measures is difficult to assess, as the quality of published evidence is low and controlled intervention studies are lacking. The distribution of studies, the number of reported cases and the high mortality rates, clearly show that KPC-KP remains a major healthcare problem worldwide.
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- Constantinos Tsioutis
- European Committee on Infection Control, Basel, Switzerland.,School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Heidelberg University Hospital, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Committee on Infection Control, Basel, Switzerland.,Bonn University Hospital, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany
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Li D, Li K, Dong H, Ren D, Gong D, Jiang F, Shi C, Li J, Zhang Q, Yan W, Li Y. Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 11 Due to a Mutation in Plasmid-Borne bla kpc-2 to bla kpc-33, in Henan, China. Infect Drug Resist 2021; 14:1725-1731. [PMID: 34007191 PMCID: PMC8121278 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s306095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Purpose Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) represents a serious problem worldwide. Herein, we describe the evolution of ceftazidime–avibactam (CZA) resistance by sequencing clinical isolates from a patient with CRKP infection undergoing CZA treatment. Patients and Methods In this study, six CRKP strains were isolated from sputum and blood samples of a patient with CRKP infection after intracerebral hemorrhage. Two strains were selected for whole-genome analysis. Results Drug susceptibility testing showed that the MIC of CZA for CRKP strains isolated after 6 days of CZA treatment was 64-fold higher than that for three CRKP strains isolated before CZA treatment (4 vs >256 μg/mL), whereas the MIC of imipenem and meropenem was 128-fold (>32 vs 0.25 μg/mL) and 16-fold (> 32 vs 2 μg/mL) lower relatively, respectively. Multilocus sequence typing showed that all six CRKP strains isolated from the patient were ST11 and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that they were of the same clone. Two strains were selected for whole-genome analysis. The aspartic acid residue at position 179 in the Ω loop was replaced by a tyrosine residue in the resistant strain, and the plasmid carried a blaKPC-2 to blaKPC-33 mutation. The results of the modified carbapenem inactivation method and the carbapenemase inhibitor enhancement and colloidal gold enzyme immunochromatographic assays for blaKPC-33 were negative. Conclusion This is the first report from Henan to show that treatment with CZA for 6 days can cause mutations and change the phenotype from CZA sensitive to resistant. Therefore, routine testing for drug susceptibility and carbapenemase phenotypes should be conducted during treatment with CZA, and genotype determination is essential.
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- Debao Li
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae intra-abdominal infection successfully treated with ceftazidime/avibactam plus tigecycline. IDCases 2020; 20:e00745. [PMID: 32322504 PMCID: PMC7160445 DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Ceftazidime/avibactam combines ceftazidime with a new beta-lactam that successfully that inhibits Amber Class A and D carbapenemases. We report a clinical case of a 61 year-old man with a carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae intra-abdominal infection after an elective abdominal hernia repair. The infection was successfully managed with multiple abdominal surgeries, drainage and combined antibiotic therapy with ceftazidime/avibactam plus tigecycline.
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