Chi Chiung Grace Chen

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Association between antibiotic usage and subsequent colonization or infection of extensive drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a matched case-control study in intensive care units.

Huei-Ting Tsai; Jann-Tay Wang; Chien-Jen Chen; Shan-Chwen Chang (Profiled Author: Chi Chiung Grace Chen)

Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2008;62(3):298-305.

Nosocomial spreading of extensive drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (EDRAB) is an emerging problem. To clarify the association between prior antibiotic usage and subsequent EDRAB acquisition, we conducted a one-to-one matched case-control study among patients in all intensive care units (ICUs) at the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, during a 1-year period. A total of 113 pairs of patients were identified. We measured prior antibiotics exposure in 4 perspectives: usage, overall treatment duration, accumulated dosage, and treatment potency. We found positive associations between EDRAB acquisition and prior usage of imipenem and meropenem across 4 measures, especially in usage and average treatment potency (usage, odds ratio [OR](imipenem) = 3.7 with 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2-11.0, OR(meropenem) = 5.4 with 95% CI = 1.2-20.0; average treatment potency, OR(imipenem) = 5.3 with 95% CI = 1.3-22.0, OR(meropenem) = 3.4 with 95% CI = 1.0-12.0). Ceftazidime use with stronger treatment potency was also strongly associated with subsequent nosocomial EDRAB acquisition (OR = 5.5, 95% CI = 1.5-21.0). The OR of EDRAB acquisition greatly increased in patients who had previously been exposed to any 1 (OR = 5.5, 95% CI = 2.3-13.2) or to any 2 or 3 (OR = 11.1, 95% CI = 2.7-46.4) of the abovementioned antibiotics. Based on these findings, we conclude that usage of imipenem, meropenem, and/or ceftazidime is associated with subsequent acquisition of EDRAB in critically ill patients in ICUs.

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