There is minimal data on the optimal treatment of lower inoculum infections such as urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by SPICE organisms which encode the betalactamase enzyme, AmpC. This single-center, retrospective review of adult hospitalized patients with UTIs caused by a SPICE organism compared outcomes amongst patients treated with drugs susceptible to AmpC hydrolysis versus drugs stable against AmpC. Of 156 patients, similar rates of clinical response, 30-day infection related readmission, 30-day infection recurrence, 30-day mortality rates, and median length of hospital stay were found between the two groups. Notably, 44% of patients with ceftriaxone resistance reported had recent β-lactam exposure versus only 11% of patients without ceftriaxone resistance (P = 0.002). Based on our data, there does not appear to be a difference in clinical response or any of the secondary outcomes in patients with UTIs treated with AmpC stable and AmpC susceptible agents.
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BMC Vet Res
January 2025
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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BMC Nephrol
January 2025
Department of Urology, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
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Geriatr Nurs
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Chief Clinical Officer of Secure Clinical Solutions, LLC, Adjunct Lecturer of the University of Southern California (USC), Board Member of the National Association for Continence (NAFC), USA. Electronic address:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
January 2025
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; The Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address:
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