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. 2024 Feb 20;68(4):e01507-23. doi: 10.1128/aac.01507-23

TABLE 2.

Patient characteristics and outcomes of infections treated with cefiderocol or ceftazidime-avibactam + aztreonam

Patients treated with cefiderocol
Patient Age, Sex Co-morbidities VIM infection site Pathogens identified Duration of cefiderocol treatment (d) Co-administration of amikacin Treatment outcome
(determined by)
1 38, female None Bacteremia, neck wound Klebsiella pneumoniae (VIM), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (wound only) 17 Yes (15 d) Success (clearance of bacteremia, resolution of fevers)
2a 30, male None Bacteremia, R arm Klebsiella pneumoniae (VIM), Serratia marcescens (VIM) 9 Yes (4 d) Failure (persistent fevers, persistent bacteremia, recovery of cefiderocol resistant-Klebsiella pneumoniae from blood)
3 67, male HTN, diabetes L lower extremity Klebsiella pneumoniae (VIM), Ochrobactrum anthropi 12 Yes (6 d) Failure (persistent fevers, recovery of cefiderocol resistant-Klebsiella pneumoniae from the same site)
4b 30, male None R lower extremity Klebsiella pneumoniae (VIM), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19 No Success (resolution of fevers, clinical assessment of wound, subsequent tissue culture)
5 23, male Diabetes Bacteremia, neck wound Klebsiella pneumoniae (VIM) 10 Yes (9 d) Success (clearance of bacteremia)
a

Patient 2 is included in both lists as he was treated with cefiderocol and amikacin followed by aztreonam, ceftazidime-avibactam, and amikacin for salvage therapy. Although his infection improved with salvage therapy, he subsequently developed candidemia and an Aspergillus wound infection. He passed away after a transition of goals of care.

b

Patient 4 is included in both lists as he had multiple separate infections due to VIM-CROs during his hospitalization and received both cefiderocol and the combination of ceftazidime-avibactam and aztreonam at different times.

c

Patient 8 had two infections due to VIM-CROs, isolated 21 days apart, during his hospitalization for which he received two separate courses of ceftazidime-avibactam and aztreonam.