Decreased susceptibility to noncarbapenem antimicrobials in extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Toronto, Canada

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jul;56(7):3977-80. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00260-12. Epub 2012 Apr 16.

Abstract

Retrospective review from 11 Canadian hospitals showed increasing incidence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from 0.12 per 1,000 inpatient days during 2005 to 0.47 per 1,000 inpatient days during 2009. By 2009, susceptibility rates of ESBL-positive E. coli/K. pneumoniae were as follows: ciprofloxacin, 12.8%/9.0%; TMP/SMX, 32.9%/12.2%; and nitrofurantoin, 83.8%/10.3%. Nosocomial and nonnosocomial ESBL-producing E. coli isolates had similar susceptibility profiles, while nonnosocomial ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae was associated with decreased ciprofloxacin (P = 0.03) and nitrofurantoin (P < 0.001) susceptibilities.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Nitrofurantoin / pharmacology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Nitrofurantoin
  • beta-Lactamases