TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk Factors Associated with Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Positive Cultures in a Cohort of US Veterans
AU - Wilson, Geneva M.
AU - Suda, Katie J.
AU - Fitzpatrick, Margaret A.
AU - Bartle, Brian
AU - Pfeiffer, Christopher D.
AU - Jones, Makoto
AU - Rubin, Michael A.
AU - Perencevich, Eli
AU - Evans, Martin
AU - Evans, Charlesnika T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
PY - 2021/10/15
Y1 - 2021/10/15
N2 - Background: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) cause approximately 13 100 infections, with an 8% mortality rate in the United States annually. Carbapenemase-producing CRE (CP-CRE) a subset of CRE infections infections have much higher mortality rates (40%-50%). There has been little research on characteristics unique to CP-CRE. The goal of the current study was to assess differences between US veterans with non-CP-CRE and those with CP-CRE cultures. Methods: A retrospective cohort of veterans with CRE cultures from 2013-2018 and their demographic, medical, and facility level covariates were collected. Clustered multiple logistic regression models were used to assess independent factors associated with CP-CRE. Results: The study included 3096 unique patients with cultures positive for either non-CP-CRE or CP-CRE. Being African American (odds ratio, 1.44 [95% confidence interval, 1.15-1.80]), diagnosis in 2017 (3.11 [2.13-4.54]) or 2018 (3.93 [2.64-5.84]), congestive heart failure (1.35 [1.11-1.64]), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (1.39 [1.03-1.87]) were associated with CP-CRE cultures. There was no known antibiotic exposure in the previous year for 752 patients (24.3% of the included patients). Those with no known antibiotic exposure had increased frequency of prolonged proton pump inhibitor use (17.3%) compared to those with known antibiotic exposure (5.6%). Discussion: Among a cohort of patients with CRE, African Americans, patients with congestive heart failure, and those with gastroesophageal reflux disease had greater odds of having a CP-CRE culture. Roughly 1 in 4 patients with CP-CRE had no known antibiotic exposure in the year before their positive culture.
AB - Background: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) cause approximately 13 100 infections, with an 8% mortality rate in the United States annually. Carbapenemase-producing CRE (CP-CRE) a subset of CRE infections infections have much higher mortality rates (40%-50%). There has been little research on characteristics unique to CP-CRE. The goal of the current study was to assess differences between US veterans with non-CP-CRE and those with CP-CRE cultures. Methods: A retrospective cohort of veterans with CRE cultures from 2013-2018 and their demographic, medical, and facility level covariates were collected. Clustered multiple logistic regression models were used to assess independent factors associated with CP-CRE. Results: The study included 3096 unique patients with cultures positive for either non-CP-CRE or CP-CRE. Being African American (odds ratio, 1.44 [95% confidence interval, 1.15-1.80]), diagnosis in 2017 (3.11 [2.13-4.54]) or 2018 (3.93 [2.64-5.84]), congestive heart failure (1.35 [1.11-1.64]), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (1.39 [1.03-1.87]) were associated with CP-CRE cultures. There was no known antibiotic exposure in the previous year for 752 patients (24.3% of the included patients). Those with no known antibiotic exposure had increased frequency of prolonged proton pump inhibitor use (17.3%) compared to those with known antibiotic exposure (5.6%). Discussion: Among a cohort of patients with CRE, African Americans, patients with congestive heart failure, and those with gastroesophageal reflux disease had greater odds of having a CP-CRE culture. Roughly 1 in 4 patients with CP-CRE had no known antibiotic exposure in the year before their positive culture.
KW - CRE
KW - antimicrobial resistance
KW - epidemiology
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U2 - 10.1093/cid/ciab415
DO - 10.1093/cid/ciab415
M3 - Article
C2 - 33973631
AN - SCOPUS:85120508265
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 73
SP - 1370
EP - 1378
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 8
ER -