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- Title
Cefotaxime-Resistant Bacteria Colonizing Older People Admitted to an Acute Care Hospital.
- Authors
Bonomo, Robert A.; Donskey, Curtis J.; Blumer, Jeffery L.; Hujer, Andrea M.; Hoyenm, Claudia K.; Jacobs, Michael R.; Whalen, Christopher C.; Salata, Robert A.
- Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of fecal colonization by cefotaxime-resistant gram-negative bacilli in older patients living in the community and in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) admitted to an acute care hospital. DESIGN: Case-control, point prevalence study. SETTING: Hospital. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred forty-three patients aged 65 and older. MEASUREMENTS: Rectal swab cultures, antibiotic drug sensitivity, beta lactamase isolation, and clonal identity. RESULTS: Of the 190 surveillance cultures obtained from 143 patients, 26 cefotaxime-resistant gram-negative isolates from 22 patients were recovered. The prevalence rate of cefotaxime-resistant isolates on admission was 13.3% (19/143). A logistic regression model using cefotaxime colonization as the dependent variable found that multiple comorbidities, admission to a surgical service, and having a diagnosis of infection on presentation and a transfusion history were factors associated with the presence of colonization. These four clinical items accurately classified 74% of patients colonized. Antibiotic use and nursing home residence were not associated with the presence of colonization by cefotaxime-resistant organisms. Twelve of the cefotaxime-resistant isolates (46%) were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and 14 (54%) were other gram-negative bacilli. In six of the 14 isolates that were not P. aeruginosa (36%), it was possible to demonstrate the presence of an AmpC β-lactamase related to the CMY-2 β-lactamase, a plasmid-borne cephalosporinase. CONCLUSION: These data raise awareness that there are community- and LTCF-dwelling older patients colonized with gram-negative enteric bacilli resistant to third-generation cephalosporins on admission to the hospital. The “reservoir of resistant bacteria” in older people is no longer confined to LTCFs.
- Subjects
CEFOTAXIME; BETA lactamases; DRUG resistance
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003, Vol 51, Issue 4, p519
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51161.x