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Early experience with meropenem- vaborbactam for treatment of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae infections

  • Ryan K. Shields
  • , Erin K. McCreary
  • , Rachel V. Marini
  • , Ellen G. Kline
  • , Chelsea E. Jones
  • , Binghua Hao
  • , Liang Chen
  • , Barry N. Kreiswirth
  • , Yohei Doi
  • , Cornelius J. Clancy
  • , M. Hong Nguyen
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Hackensack Meridian Health
  • VA Medical Center

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Abstract

Twenty patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections were treated with meropenem-vaborbactam. Thirtyday clinical success and survival rates were 65% (13/20) and 90% (18/20), respectively. Thirty-five percent of patients had microbiologic failures within 90 days. One patient developed a recurrent infection due to meropenem-vaborbactam- nonsusceptible, ompK36 porin mutant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)667-671
Number of pages5
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume71
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2020

Keywords

  • KPC
  • Meropenem
  • P orin
  • Resistance
  • Vaborbactam

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