Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci with reduced susceptibility to daptomycin.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Dec;33(12):1250-4
Authors: Judge T, Pogue JM, Marchaim D, Ho K, Kamatam S, Parveen S, Tiwari N, Nanjireddy P, Bheemreddy S, Biedron C, Reddy SM, Khammam V, Chalana IK, Tumma RS, Collins V, Yousuf A, Lephart PR, Martin ET, Rybak MJ, Kaye KS, Hayakawa K
Abstract
A retrospective case-case control study was conducted, including 60 cases with daptomycin-nonsusceptible vancomycin-resistant enterococci (DNS-VRE) matched to cases with daptomycin-susceptible VRE and to uninfected controls (1?1?3 ratio). Immunosuppression, presence of comorbid conditions, and prior exposure to antimicrobials were independent predictors of DNS-VRE, although prior daptomycin exposure occurred rarely. In summary, a case-case control study identified independent risk factors for the isolation of DNS-VRE: immunosuppression, multiple comorbid conditions, and prior exposures to cephalosporines and metronidazole.
PMID: 23143365 [PubMed - in process]