title: Impact of previous antibiotic therapy on outcome of Gram-negative severe sepsis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether exposure to antimicrobial agents in the previous 90 days resulted in decreased bacterial susceptibility and increased hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock attributed to Gram-negative bacteremia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective cohort study of hospitalized patients (January 2002 to December 2007).
  
  
  METHODS
  Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a 1200-bed urban teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred fifty-four consecutive patients with Gram-negative bacteremia complicated by severe sepsis or septic shock.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data abstraction from computerized medical records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Escherichia coli (30.8%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (23.2%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (17.6%) were the most common isolates from blood cultures. Three hundred ten patients (41.1%) had recent antibiotic exposure. Cefepime was the most common agent with previous exposure (50.0%) followed by ciprofloxacin (32.6%) and imipenem or meropenem (28.7%). Patients with prior antibiotic exposure had significantly higher rates of resistance to cefepime (29.0% vs. 7.0%), piperacillin/tazobactam (31.9% vs. 11.5%), carbapenems (20.0% vs. 2.5%), ciprofloxacin (39.7% vs. 17.6%), and gentamicin (26.1% vs. 7.9%) (p < .001 for all comparisons). Patients with recent antibiotic exposure had greater inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy (45.4% vs. 21.2%; p < .001) and hospital mortality (51.3% vs. 34.0%; p < .001) compared with patients without recent antibiotic exposure. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that recent antibiotic exposure was independently associated with hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio, 1.70; 95% confidence interval, 1.41-2.06; p = .005). Other variables independently associated with hospital mortality included use of vasopressors, infection resulting from P. aeruginosa, inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy, increasing Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores, and the number of acquired organ failures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recent antibiotic exposure is associated with increased hospital mortality in Gram-negative bacteremia complicated by severe sepsis or septic shock. Clinicians caring for patients with severe sepsis or septic shock should consider recent antibiotic exposure when formulating empiric antimicrobial regimens for suspected Gram-negative bacterial infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, UIC-College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reichley
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoppe-Bauer
authors.forename: W Michael
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Micek
authors.forename: Marin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kollef
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D019233:Retreatment; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents