Ceftazidime-avibactam susceptibility against Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Background and Objectives: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections are extremely difficult to treat and have a high fatality rate. The study's primary goal was to determine the rate of ceftazidime-avibactam susceptibility using disc diffusion and E-Test, as well as to evaluate...
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| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/4901 |
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| Summary: | Background and Objectives: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections are extremely difficult to treat and have a high fatality rate. The study's primary goal was to determine the rate of ceftazidime-avibactam susceptibility using disc diffusion and E-Test, as well as to evaluate the agreement between the two methods.
Materials and Methods: A total of 124 multidrug-resistant (including carbapenem) Escherichia coli and Klebisella pneumoniae isolates were included. Kirby Bauer's disc diffusion and E-test were used as the testing methods in this study.
Results: In this study 37.5% and 33.9% of the isolates were susceptible to ceftazidime-avibactam by E test and Disc diffusion respectively. There were five isolates which produced discordant results. Among the 56 isolates there was 91% agreement between the two methods.
Conclusion: Among the discordant isolates the alarming disparity in zone size was a significant concern. Since CRE infections are very common, an economical and practical method for testing ceftazidime-avibactam susceptibility is needed in all the clinical microbiology laboratories as it is a last resort drug.
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| ISSN: | 2008-3289 2008-4447 |