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Rivera, Christina G

0000-0002-8308-3264

Mayo Clinic

Department of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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Impact of Cefepime Susceptible-Dose-Dependent MIC for Enterobacteriaceae on Reporting and Prescribing
Rivera, Christina G. , Narayanan, Prasanna P., Patel, Robin , Estes, Lynn L., Patel, Robin , Rivera, Christina G

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | April 12, 2016 | Volume: 60 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 3854-3855

10.1128/aac.00442-16 Get It

ABSTRACT The CLSI cefepime breakpoints were revised to include a susceptible-dose-dependent (SDD) category for Enterobacteriaceae , with the intention that higher cefepime doses be used for these isolates. In this study, 1.6% of Enterobacteriaceae isolates were reported as SDD, with Escherichia coli the most common SDD organism. Cefepime was prescribed in three cases (4.8%); the majority of SDD isolates were treated with a carbapenem. Enterobacteriaceae with cefepime SDD MICs were not commonly treated with cefepime at our institution.