scholarly journals A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Possessing Detectable mecA by a Commercial PCR Assay Compared to Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Jones ◽  
Ramy H. Elshaboury ◽  
Erik Munson ◽  
Thomas J. Dilworth

ABSTRACT mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates phenotypically susceptible to cefoxitin (mecA-methicillin-sensitive S. aureus [MSSA]) have been identified. We describe the treatment and outcomes among patients with mecA-MSSA bloodstream infections (BSI) and MRSA BSI matched 1:1 for age, BSI origin, and BSI type (n = 17 per group). Compared to MRSA BSI patients, mecA-MSSA BSI patients more often experienced clinical failure (58.8% and 11.8%, P = 0.010), driven largely by persistent bacteremia (35.3% and 11.8%). mecA-MSSA BSI patients may be at higher risk for poor clinical outcomes.

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. S769-S769
Author(s):  
Sarah C J Jorgensen ◽  
Trang D Trinh ◽  
Evan J Zasowski ◽  
Sara Alosaimy ◽  
Sarah Melvin ◽  
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Abstract Background Combination β-lactam and vancomycin (VAN) prevent the emergence of resistance and result in synergistic antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in vitro. We sought to provide clinical translation to these data and determine if patients with MRSA bloodstream infection (BSI) treated with VAN + cefazolin (VAN/CFZ) via our MRSA BSI clinical pathway had improved clinical outcomes compared VAN alone. Methods Multicenter, retrospective, comparative cohort study from 2006 to 2019 in adults with MRSA BSI treated with VAN for ≥ 72 hours. VAN/CFZ was defined as VAN + CFZ within ≤ 72 hours of index culture for ≥ 24 hours. Other β-lactams were allowed for < 48 h in the VAN/CFZ group. The VAN alone group could not have other β-lactams within 7 days of treatment initiation. The primary outcome was clinical failure defined as a composite of 30-d all-cause mortality, 60-day recurrence, and persistent BSI (≥ 7 days). The independent effect of VAN/CFZ on clinical failure was evaluated with multivariable logistic regression. The primary safety endpoint was nephrotoxicity within 7 days of treatment initiation. Results A total of 237 patients were included (104 VAN/CFZ, 133 VAN). The most common BSI sources were skin/soft tissue (29.1%), IV catheter (21.9%), osteoarticular (20.3%) and infective endocarditis (16.0%). Demographic and clinical characteristics were similar between groups except VAN/CFZ had a higher median APACHE II score (18 vs. 13, P = 0.011). VAN/CFZ patients were also more likely to have received an infectious disease consult (100% vs. 81.2%, P < 0.001). Median (IQR) duration of CFZ was 115 (87–164) hours. After controlling for age, APACHE II score, ID consult and infection source, VAN/CFZ was associated with reduced odds of clinical failure (aOR 0.425, 95% CI 0.228, 0.792). Bivariate outcomes are shown in the table: Conclusion Patients with MRSA BSI treated with VAN/CFZ vs. VAN experienced fewer clinical failures, supporting additional studies evaluating the role of adjuvant CFZ for MRSA BSI. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S293-S294
Author(s):  
Takemi Murai ◽  
Hiroshi Higuchi ◽  
Junichi Suwa ◽  
Hanako Funakoshi ◽  
Ryuu Yoneda ◽  
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Abstract Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia causes morbidity and mortality in children. The standard treatment for MRSA bacteremia is vancomycin, which should achieve a 24 hour area under the curve over the minimum inhibitory concentration ratio (AUC/ MIC) of &gt;400. Whether or not attaining AUC/ MIC &gt;400 early in the disease course improves outcomes in children is controversial. The aim of our study was to determine whether early achievement of AUC/ MIC &gt;400 improved outcomes in children with MRSA bacteremia. Methods Children whose blood culture grew MRSA between March 2010 and April 2017 at Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center were enrolled. The exclusion criteria were no vancomycin administration, use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, no data on dosage and vancomycin MIC, and cases of contamination. Susceptibility testing was performed by a microdilution method. The outcomes of patients who achieved an AUC/MIC &gt;400 at the first assessment prior to the Fourth or Fifth vancomycin dose were compared with those of patients who did not. The clinical outcomes were persistent bacteremia on Days 3 and 7, mortality at 30 days, and the recurrence of MRSA bacteremia. Results In total 175 MRSA isolates from 50 children were identified. Of these 56 episodes were eligible for enrollment. Forty-one subjects (73.2%) were boys. The median age was 9 months (interquartile range: 1.8–120.5 months). The median initial dose of vancomycin was 40 mg/kg (interquartile range: 30–44.3 mg/kg). Among MRSA isolates, vancomycin MIC of &lt; 0.5 mcg/mL, 1 mcg/mL and 2 mcg/mL were 1 (1.8%), 53 (94.6%) and 2 (3.6%), respectively. Fifteen patients (26.8%) achieved AUC/MIC &gt;400 early. The two groups did not differ significantly in terms of persistent bacteremia on Days 3 (P = 0.96) or 7 (P = 0.82), mortality at 30 days (P = 0.47), or the recurrence of MRSA bacteremia (P = 1.0). Conclusion Children with bacteremia who achieved AUC/ MIC&gt;400 early did not differ significantly from children who did not in terms of their clinical outcomes. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


Author(s):  
Gaby Scheunemann ◽  
Bruna N. Fortes ◽  
Nilton Lincopan ◽  
Kelly Ishida

Infections by microorganisms resistant to antimicrobials is a major challenge that leads to high morbidity and mortality rates and increased time and cost with hospitalization. It was estimated that 27 to 56% of bloodstream infections by C. albicans are polymicrobial, with S. aureus being one of the microorganisms commonly coisolated worldwide.


2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 1258-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilker Uçkay ◽  
Louis Bernard ◽  
Marta Buzzi ◽  
Stephan Harbarth ◽  
Patrice François ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTReduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) clinical isolates is considered a risk factor for failure of glycopeptide therapy. We compared the prevalences of MRSA isolates with reduced glycopeptide susceptibility in patients with versus without persistent or recurrent MRSA bloodstream infections. A retrospective cohort study at the University Hospital of Geneva identified 27 patients with persistent or recurrent clonally related MRSA bacteremic episodes over an 8-year period, which included 208 consecutive nosocomial MRSA bacteremic episodes. Vancomycin and teicoplanin MICs were determined by a modified macrodilution assay allowing improved detection of glycopeptide-intermediate MRSA isolates (GISA), characterized by elevated teicoplanin or/and vancomycin MICs (≥4 μg/ml). For 16 patients (59%), their pretherapy and/or posttherapy MRSA isolates showed elevated teicoplanin MICs, among which 10 (37%) concomitantly displayed elevated vancomycin MICs. In contrast, 11 other patients (41%) were persistently or recurrently infected with non-GISA isolates. In comparison, only 39 (22%) of 181 single isolates from patients with no microbiological evidence of persistent or recurrent infections showed elevated teicoplanin MICs, among which 14 (8%) concomitantly displayed elevated vancomycin MICs. Clinical, microbiological, and pharmacokinetic variables for patients persistently or recurrently infected with GISA or non-GISA isolates were similar. Bacteremic patients with a poor response to glycopeptide therapy had a 2.8-fold- and 4.8-fold-higher rates of MRSA isolates displaying elevated teicoplanin and vancomycin MICs, respectively, than patients with single isolates (P< 0.0001). Detection of elevated teicoplanin MICs may help to predict a poor response to glycopeptide therapy in MRSA bacteremic patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 1536-1545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P Lodise ◽  
Susan L Rosenkranz ◽  
Matthew Finnemeyer ◽  
Scott Evans ◽  
Matthew Sims ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Vancomycin is the most commonly administered antibiotic in hospitalized patients, but optimal exposure targets remain controversial. To clarify the therapeutic exposure range, this study evaluated the association between vancomycin exposure and outcomes in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia. Methods This was a prospective, multicenter (n = 14), observational study of 265 hospitalized adults with MRSA bacteremia treated with vancomycin. The primary outcome was treatment failure (TF), defined as 30-day mortality or persistent bacteremia ≥7 days. Secondary outcomes included acute kidney injury (AKI). The study was powered to compare TF between patients who achieved or did not achieve day 2 area under the curve to minimum inhibitory concentration (AUC/MIC) thresholds previously found to be associated with lower incidences of TF. The thresholds, analyzed separately as co-primary endpoints, were AUC/MIC by broth microdilution ≥650 and AUC/MIC by Etest ≥320. Results Treatment failure and AKI occurred in 18% and 26% of patients, respectively. Achievement of the prespecified day 2 AUC/MIC thresholds was not associated with less TF. Alternative day 2 AUC/MIC thresholds associated with lower TF risks were not identified. A relationship between the day 2 AUC and AKI was observed. Patients with day 2 AUC ≤515 experienced the best global outcomes (no TF and no AKI). Conclusions Higher vancomycin exposures did not confer a lower TF risk but were associated with more AKI. The findings suggest that vancomycin dosing should be guided by the AUC and day 2 AUCs should be ≤515. As few patients had day 2 AUCs &lt;400, further study is needed to define the lower bound of the therapeutic range.


2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 1998-2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Estes ◽  
J. Theusch ◽  
A. Beck ◽  
D. Pitrak ◽  
Kathleen M. Mullane

ABSTRACTCentral venous catheters commonly develop central line-associated bloodstream infections.In vitroantibiotic lock therapy (ALT) was simulated on 10 methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) clinical isolates imbedded in biofilm-coated silicon disks. Five days of 4-h daily exposures to daptomycin (2.5 mg/ml) in 25% ethanol or minocycline (3 mg/ml) plus 25% ethanol and 30 mg/ml EDTA resulted in significantly greater elimination of MRSA colonization than treatment with minocycline alone.


2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 5841-5848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly C. Claeys ◽  
Evan J. Zasowski ◽  
Anthony M. Casapao ◽  
Abdalhamid M. Lagnf ◽  
Jerod L. Nagel ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTVancomycin remains the mainstay treatment for methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) bloodstream infections (BSIs) despite increased treatment failures. Daptomycin has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in patients with BSIs caused by MRSA isolates with vancomycin MICs of >1 mg/liter, but these studies relied on automated testing systems. We evaluated the outcomes of BSIs caused by MRSA isolates for which vancomycin MICs were determined by standard broth microdilution (BMD). A retrospective, matched cohort of patients with MRSA BSIs treated with vancomycin or daptomycin from January 2010 to March 2015 was completed. Patients were matched using propensity-adjusted logistic regression, which included age, Pitt bacteremia score, primary BSI source, and hospital of care. The primary endpoint was clinical failure, which was a composite endpoint of the following metrics: 30-day mortality, bacteremia with a duration of ≥7 days, or a change in anti-MRSA therapy due to persistent or worsening signs or symptoms. Secondary endpoints included MRSA-attributable mortality and the number of days of MRSA bacteremia. Independent predictors of failure were determined through conditional backwards-stepwise logistic regression with vancomycin BMD MIC forced into the model. A total of 262 patients were matched. Clinical failure was significantly higher in the vancomycin cohort than in the daptomycin cohort (45.0% versus 29.0%;P= 0.007). All-cause 30-day mortality was significantly higher in the vancomycin cohort (15.3% versus 6.1%;P= 0.024). These outcomes remained significant when stratified by vancomycin BMD MIC. There was no significant difference in the length of MRSA bacteremia. Variables independently associated with treatment failure included vancomycin therapy (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.16, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.24 to 3.76), intensive care unit admission (aOR = 2.46, 95% CI = 1.34 to 4.54), and infective endocarditis as the primary source (aOR = 2.33, 95% CI = 1.16 to 4.68). Treatment of MRSA BSIs with daptomycin was associated with reduced clinical failure and 30-day mortality; these findings were independent of vancomycin BMD MIC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 204993612110059
Author(s):  
Alexander H. Flannery ◽  
Katie L. Wallace ◽  
Christian N. Rhudy ◽  
Allison S. Olmsted ◽  
Rachel C. Minrath ◽  
...  

Background: While vancomycin loading doses may facilitate earlier pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic target attainment, the impact of loading doses on clinical outcomes remains understudied. Critically ill patients are at highest risk of morbidity and mortality from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and hypothesized to most likely benefit from a loading dose. We sought to determine the association between receipt of a vancomycin loading dose and clinical outcomes in a cohort of critically ill adults. Methods: Four hundred and forty-nine critically ill patients with MRSA cultures isolated from blood or respiratory specimens were eligible for the study. Cohorts were established by receipt of a loading dose (⩾20 mg/kg actual body weight) or not. The primary outcome was clinical failure, a composite outcome of death within 30 days of first MRSA culture, blood cultures positive ⩾7 days, white blood cell count up to 5 days from vancomycin initiation, temperature up to 5 days from vancomycin initiation, or substitution (or addition) of another MRSA agent. Results: There was no difference in the percentage of patients experiencing clinical failure between the loading dose and no loading dose groups (74.8% versus 72.8%; p = 0.698). Secondary outcomes were also similar between groups, including mortality and acute kidney injury, as was subgroup analysis based on site of infection. Exploratory analyses, including assessment of loading dose based on quartiles and a multivariable logistic regression model showed no differences. Conclusion: Use of vancomycin loading doses was not associated with improved clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with MRSA infection.


Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1014
Author(s):  
Alberto Enrico Maraolo ◽  
Agnese Giaccone ◽  
Ivan Gentile ◽  
Annalisa Saracino ◽  
Davide Fiore Bavaro

Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of invasive infections, mainly bloodstream infections (BSI) with or without endocarditis. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare vancomycin, the mainstay treatment, with daptomycin as therapeutic options in this context. Materials: PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Database were searched from their inception to 15 February 2020. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes included clinical failure, infection recurrence, persistence of infection, length-of-stay, antibiotic discontinuation due to adverse events (AEs) and 30-day re-admission. This study was registered with PROSPERO, CRD42020169413. Results: Eight studies (1226 patients, 554 vs. 672 in daptomycin vs. vancomycin, respectively) were included. No significant difference in terms of overall mortality was observed [odds ratio (OR) 0.73, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.40–1.33, I2 = 67%]. Daptomycin was associated with a significantly reduced risk of clinical failure (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.38–0.89, I2 = 60%), as confirmed by pooling adjusted effect sizes (adjusted OR against the use of vancomycin 1.94, 95%CI 1.33–1.82, I2 = 41%), and was linked with fewer treatment-limiting AEs (OR 0.15, 95%CI 0.06–0.36, I2 = 19%). No difference emerged between the two treatments as secondary outcomes. Results were not robust to unmeasured confounding (E-value lower than 95% CI 1.00 for all-cause mortality). Conclusions: Against MRSA BSI, with or without endocarditis, daptomycin seems to be associated with a lower risk of clinical failure and treatment-limiting AEs compared with vancomycin. Further studies are needed to better characterize the differences between the two drugs.


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