Tigecycline combined with cefoperazone-sulbactam in treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by extensively drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii / 中国感染与化疗杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the clinical efficacy of tigecycline in combination with cefoperazone‐sulbactam for treatment of hospital‐acquired pneumonia caused by extensively drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii .Methods A total of 53 patients with hospital‐acquired pneumonia caused by extensively drug resistant A .baumannii were randomized to receive tigecycline plus cefoperazone‐sulbactam ,or tigecycline alone as control .The duration of treatment was 14 days for both groups .Results The combination therapy group was superior to control group in terms of overall efficacy rate(70 .4% vs 38 .5% ,P=0 .020) .The bacterial clearance rate (55 .6% vs 38 .5% ,P>0 .05)and incidence of adverse reactions (14 .3% vs 15 .4% ,P>0 .05)did not show significant difference between the two treatment groups .Conclusions High dose cefoperazone‐sulbactam can improve the antimicrobial activity of tigecycline in the treatment of hospital‐acquired pneumonia caused by extensively drug resistant A . baumannii ,which may be a new therapy strategy for such infections .