1. Evolution, control and success of combination therapy with Ampicilin-sulbactam/Ceftazidime-Avibactam during a Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in burn Intensive Care Unit.
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Dudoignon E, Caméléna F, Lafaurie M, Deniau B, Chaussard M, Coutrot M, Guillemet L, Cupaciu A, Pharaboz A, Boutin L, Benyamina M, Chaouat M, Mimoun M, Merimèche M, Mebazaa A, Plaud B, Berçot B, Dépret F, and Mellon G
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- Humans, Male, Female, Middle Aged, Adult, Burns complications, Burns microbiology, Drug Therapy, Combination, Treatment Outcome, Aged, Cross Infection microbiology, Cross Infection drug therapy, Cross Infection epidemiology, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial genetics, beta-Lactamases genetics, Burn Units, Acinetobacter baumannii drug effects, Acinetobacter baumannii genetics, Acinetobacter baumannii isolation & purification, Acinetobacter Infections drug therapy, Acinetobacter Infections microbiology, Acinetobacter Infections epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Azabicyclo Compounds therapeutic use, Azabicyclo Compounds pharmacology, Intensive Care Units, Sulbactam therapeutic use, Sulbactam pharmacology, Drug Combinations, Carbapenems pharmacology, Carbapenems therapeutic use, Ceftazidime therapeutic use, Ceftazidime pharmacology
- Abstract
We present our findings on interpatient transmission, epidemic control measures, and the outcomes of a series of ten critically ill burn patients who were either colonized or infected with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB). None of the five infected patients achieved clinical cure, and all experienced relapses. Microbiological failure was observed in 40% of the infected patients. The isolated CRAB strains were found to carry bla
OXA-23 and armA resistance genes. Despite the lack of clinical cure, all five infected patients survived and were discharged from the Burn Intensive Care Unit., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)- Published
- 2024
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