Detecting risk and predicting patient mortality in patients with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections

Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Roberto Cauda, Mario Tumbarello

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Abstract

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) have been increasingly described worldwide, especially among Enterobacteriaceae isolates, and recently not only in the nosocomial, but also in the community setting. Bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae have been associated with increased rates of treatment failure, mortality and hospital costs. Any delay in the initiation of adequate antibiotic therapy is potentially lethal for patients with BSIs caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae. The awareness of changes in bacterial resistance patterns, the careful knowledge of risk factors for ESBL infection and of factors facilitating adverse outcome, giving attention to local epidemiology, can improve the efficacy of empirical treatment protocols. The aim of this review is to focus on the main characteristics of BSIs caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae, with particular emphasis on risk factors for these infections and factors related to mortality.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1173-1189
Numero di pagine17
RivistaFuture Microbiology
Volume7
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2012

Keywords

  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • adequate antibiotic therapy
  • bacterial resistance
  • bloodstream infections
  • epidemiology
  • extended-spectrum β-lactamase
  • hospital costs
  • mortality

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