Can carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae susceptibility results obtained from surveillance cultures predict the susceptibility of a clinical carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae?
Am J Infect Control. 2016 Mar 24;
Authors: Perez LR, Rodrigues D, Dias C
Abstract
We evaluated the susceptibility profile of a colonizing carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae to predict its susceptibility when recovered from a clinical specimen. An overall agreement of 88.7% (517 out of 583; 95% confidence interval, 85.8%-91.0%) was observed for the combinations of 11 antibiotics with 53 pairs of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K pneumoniae (the only carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae detected). Very major errors were observed mainly for aminoglycoside agents and colistin, limiting the predictability of the susceptibility profile for these clinical isolates.
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