Does the adoption of EUCAST susceptibility breakpoints affect the selection of antimicrobials to treat acute community-acquired respiratory tract infections?

BMC Infectious Diseases

Correspondence

Susanna Esposito¹  Matteo Bassetti²  Ramona Barbieri³  Eugenio Debbia³  Anna Marchese³ 

[1] Department of Maternal and Pediatric Sciences, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy;Infectious Diseases Division, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy;Microbiology Unit, DISC Department, University of Genoa, R. Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy;

关键词: CLSI;    Interpretive criteria;    Resistance;    Antibiotics;    S. pneumoniae;    H. influenzae;    S. aureus;    M. catarrhalis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2334-12-181

 received in 2012-02-23, accepted in 2012-07-27,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn several European Countries, by the end of 2012, CLSI guidelines will be replaced by EUCAST. We compared antimicrobial susceptibility results of a large number of respiratory pathogens using both EUCAST and previously adopted CLSI criteria to evaluate the impact on susceptibility patterns and the possible consequences that could occur in clinical practice due to this replacement.For S. pyogenes and S. aureus, the interpretation of susceptibility data using the EUCAST criteria did not produce relevant changes in comparison to CLSI.Against S. pneumoniae, more restrictive EUCAST breakpoints could lead to increased benzylpenicillin and/or amoxicillin-clavulanate resistance rates, which in turn could translate in increased dosages of these antibiotics or usage of alternative agents for respiratory tract infections.Against S. pneumoniae, M. catarrhalis and H. influenzae, cefuroxime-axetil and cefaclor produced the most divergent results depending on the breakpoints adopted and these striking differences could lead to the revision of those guidelines suggesting these two cephalosporins as alternatives in the management of upper respiratory tract infections.DiscussionMany differences exist between CLSI and EUCAST breakpoints. However, only in a few cases do these differences translate in major interpretive category discrepancies. In countries adopting more restrictive EUCAST breakpoints, clinicians should be aware of these discrepancies and that they could be faced with antibiotic-resistant respiratory pathogens more frequently than before.SummaryThe interpretive discrepancies between EUCAST and CLSI suggest that the discussion on the management of community-acquired respiratory tract infections is still open and further studies are desirable to better define the role of some antibiotics.

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