Treatment duration of complicated urinary tract infections by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing enterobacterales.

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-EB) are a problem increasing in our clinical practice. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome in patients who received short (≤ 7 days) versus long courses (>7 days) of antimicrobial therapy for complicated ESBL-EB urinary tract infections. METHODS: This is a retrospective and observational study. Positive urine cultures for ESBL-EB in our hospital between March 2015 and July 2017 were identified. Patients with complicated urinary tract infection were included. Differences between treatment groups (7 days or less vs more than 7 days) were analyzed according to baseline characteristics and severity of clinical presentation. Primary outcome was all cause 30-day mortality. Secondary outcome was a combined item of all cause mortality and reinfection by the same enterobacteria at 30 days. RESULTS: 273 urine cultures were positive for ESBL-EB during the study period. 75 episodes were included, 40 in the long treatment group and 35 in the short treatment group. Mean treatment duration in short and long treatment groups was 6,1 and 13,8 days respectively. Mortality at 30 days was 5,7% in the short treatment group and 5% in the long treatment group without significant differences (P = 0,8). Mortality or reinfection by the same ESBL-EB at 30 days was 8,6% in the short treatment group and 10% in the long treatment group, without significant differences (P = 0,8). CONCLUSIONS: Short courses of antimicrobial treatment seems to be effective as treatment of complicated urinary tract infections by ESBL-EB.

Resistencia a carbapenemas en Pseudomonas aeruginosa aisladas en urocultivos: prevalencia y factores de riesgo / Carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from urine cultures: prevalence and risk factors

Introducción. Pseudomonas aeruginosa es un bacilo gramnegativo no fermentador con una gran capacidad para desarrollar resistencia a múltiples antimicrobianos, incluidas las carbapenemas, lo que supone un problema creciente a nivel mundial. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la prevalencia de P. aeruginosa resistente a carbapenemas (PARC) en urocultivos y evaluar los factores de riesgo asociados al desarrollo de dicho patrón de resistencia. Material y métodos. Se seleccionaron los urocultivos positivos para P. aeruginosa realizados en nuestro hospital entre septiembre de 2012 y septiembre de 2014. Se excluyeron los cultivos repetidos procedentes del mismo paciente. Se creó una base de datos con diversas variables, incluyendo resistencias antimicrobianas. Se calculó la prevalencia de resistencia a carbapenemas y se analizaron los factores de riesgo para crecimiento de PARC. Resultados. Se incluyeron 91 urocultivos positivos para P. aeruginosa. La prevalencia de PARC fue del 22%. Los factores asociados al crecimiento de PARC en el análisis univariante fueron: insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva (p=0,02), tratamiento previo con ampicilina (p=0,04), meropenem (p=0,04), piperacilina-tazobactam (p=0,01), cotrimoxazol (p=0,01) y tratamiento previo con más de un antibiótico (p<0,01). Solamente la insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva (p<0,01) y el tratamiento previo con más de un antibiótico (p<0,01) mostraron diferencias significativas en el análisis multivariante. Conclusiones. La prevalencia de PARC en urocultivos es elevada en nuestro medio. Debemos considerar la presencia de factores de riesgo como el tratamiento previo con más de un antibiótico o la presencia de comorbilidades como la insuficiencia cardíaca para seleccionar una antibioterapia empírica adecuada en pacientes con infecciones del tracto urinario graves (AU)

Introduction. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermentative gram-negative bacillus with a great ability to develop resistance to multiple antibiotics, including carbapenems, which is a growing problem worldwide. The aim of this study was to analyse the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa (CRPA) in urine cultures and to determine the risk factors associated with the development of carbapanem resistance. Material and method. Positive urine cultures to P. aeruginosa between September 2012 and September 2014 were identified. We excluded repetitive cultures from the same patient. We created a database with different variables, including antimicrobial resistance. The prevalence of carbapenem resistance and the risk factors for growth of CRPA were analysed. Results. Ninety-one patients with positive urine cultures to P. aeruginosa were included. The prevalence of CRPA was 22%. The risk factors to CRPA infection in the univariate analysis were: congestive heart failure (p=0.02), previous treatment with ampicillin (p=0.04), meropenem (p=0.04), piperacillin-tazobactam (p=0.01), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (p= 0.01) and previous treatment with more than one antibiotic (p<0.01). Only congestive heart failure (p<0.01) and previous treatment with more than one antibiotic (p<0.01) showed statistically significant differences in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions. The prevalence of CRPA in urine cultures is high in our population. We should assess the presence of risk factors as previous treatment with more than one antibiotic or comorbidities such as heart failure, in order to select an appropriate empirical treatment in patients with severe urinary tract infections (AU)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients: Mortality and prognostic factors.

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze the mortality and predictors of 30-day mortality among hospitalized patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infection (PAUTI) and the impact of antibiotic treatment on survival. METHODS: Patients admitted to our hospital with PAUTI or those diagnosed of PAUTI during hospitalization for other disease between September 2012 and September 2014 were included. Repeated episodes from the same patient were excluded. Database with demographic, clinical and laboratory ítems was created. Empirical and definitive antibiotic therapy, antimicrobial resistance and all-cause mortality at 30 and 90 days were included. RESULTS: 62 patients were included, with a mean age of 75 years. 51% were male. Mortality was 17.7% at 30 days and 33.9% at 90 days. Factors associated with reduced survival at 30 days were chronic liver disease with portal hypertension (P<0,01), diabetes mellitus (P = 0,04) chronic renal failure (P = 0,02), severe sepsis or septic shock (P<0,01), Charlson index > 3 (P = 0.02) and inadequated definitive antibiotic treatment (P<0,01). Independent risk factors for mortality in multivariate analysis were advanced chronic liver disease (HR 77,4; P<0,01), diabetes mellitus (HR 3,6; P = 0,04), chronic renal failure (HR 4,1; P = 0,03) and inadequated definitive antimicrobial treatment (HR 6,8; P = 0,01). CONCLUSIONS: PAUTI are associated with high mortality in hospitalized patients, which increases significantly in those with severe comorbidity such as chronic renal failure, advanced liver disease or diabetes mellitus. Inadequated antibiotic treatment is associated with poor outcome, which remarks the importance of adjusting empirical antibiotic treatment based on the microbiological susceptibility results.