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Journal Article
Ceftazidime-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Recovered at the Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1996
Overview
The rate of ceftazidime resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates recovered from patients at the Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center increased from 6% in the first quarter of 1993 to 28% in the first quarter of 1994. The outbreak was hospitalwide, with the highest rates of resistance occurring on wards where ceftazidime was administered most frequently. Although many plasmid patterns were observed in the clinical isolates, molecular epidemiological analysis with use of pulsed field gel electrophoresis revealed substantial similarities between the strains; this finding suggested that most of the strains—if not all of them—were derived from the original clone. The addition of piperacillin/tazobactam to the hospital formulary and educational efforts focused on minimizing the administration of ceftazidime were associated with a marked decrease in the drug's use and a concomitant decrease in the percentage of ceftazidime-resistant isolates. We have not yet observeda significant rise in the rate of resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam among clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press,University of Chicago Press
Subject
/ Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Cephalosporins - pharmacology
/ Cross Infection - drug therapy
/ Cross Infection - epidemiology
/ Cross Infection - microbiology
/ Drug Resistance, Microbial - genetics
/ Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
/ Gels
/ Humans
/ Klebsiella Infections - drug therapy
/ Klebsiella Infections - epidemiology
/ Klebsiella Infections - microbiology
/ Klebsiella pneumoniae - drug effects
/ Klebsiella pneumoniae - genetics
/ Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification
/ Pharmacology. Drug treatments
/ Plasmids
