ABSTRACT
Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of ceftazidime/avibactam(CAZ/AVI) in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae(CRE) or carbapenem-resistance Klebsiella pneumonia (CRKP), and to provide evidence-cased reference for clinic therapy. Methods A comprehensive literature search from PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI and VIP database was conducted for the CAZ/AVI therapy on CRE/CRKP infections published before May.2020. Two reviewers independently screened literatures according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality of the included studies. The results were analyzed by RevMan 5.3 statistical software. Results Five studies in English involving 392 patients were included for the analysis. In terms of effectiveness, the results showed CAZ/AVI group significantly increased the clinical cure rate[OR=3.57, 95% CI (2.03, 6.26), P<0.00001] compared with the control group. Also CAZ/AVI group significantly decreased the 28/30 day all-cause mortality [OR=0.27, 95% CI (0.14, 0.50), P<0.0001]. There were no significant difference between the two groups in the clinical remission rate [OR=1.92, 95% CI (0.93, 3.97), P=0.08] and the infection recurrence rate [OR=0.44, 95% CI (0.11, 1.85), P=0.26]. In terms of safety, the incidence of adverse events in CAZ/AVI group were lower than those in control group [OR=0.29, 95% CI (0.10, 0.80), P=0.02]. There was no significant difference between two groups in the incidence of serious adverse events[OR=0.33, 95% CI (0.09, 1.19), P=0.09]. Conclusion The current evidence shows that CAZ/AVI therapy has advantage in survival rate for the treatment of CRE/CRKP infections without increase of SAEs. Limited by the quality and quantity of the included studies, the above conclusions need to be verified with more high-quality RCTs.