Antibiotic Resistance in Community-Acquired Intra-Abdominal Infections: Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor.

Background: Antimicrobial drug resistance in community-acquired (CA) infections is a growing problem. Knowing the local epidemiology is essential to design empirical antibiotic therapy. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the resistance patterns of microorganisms isolated from surgical samples of community-acquired intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) and to determine the factors associated with resistance. Methods: We analyzed retrospectively the records of patients treated from January 2015 to June 2017 who had IAIs with positives aerobic cultures performed in the first 72 hours after admission. Surgical site infections, abdominal wall procedures, peritoneal dialysis catheters, and patients with admissions in the prior month were excluded. To identify the factors associated with resistance, we considered the resistance to the regimen recommended at our institution, ampicillin/sulbactam (AMS) plus ciprofloxacin (CIP). Results: There were 119 patients with 133 isolates, 59% women, and mean age 54 years. The main sources of infection were appendicitis (38%) and cholecystitis (20%), with 64 patients presenting a complicated IAI (cIAI), defined by the presence of peritonitis (55%). Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae was AMS 32% (6.4% intermediate resistance), CIP 31%, cefotaxime 9%, piperacillin/tazobactam (PTZ) 3%, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 32%, gentamicin 9.5%, and amikacin 2%. Considering all patients, resistance to AMS + CIP was 16.8%. Factors associated with resistant to this regimen was, by univariable and multivariable analysis, the presence of diabetes mellitus (odds ratio [OR] 3.6; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1-11.6; p = 0.03). Female gender (OR 2.7; CI 0.9-8.4; p = 0.08) and complicated IAI (OR 2.0; CI 0.7-5.4; p = 0.17) were associated with resistance but did not reach statistical significance. Conclusion: High resistance to CIP and AMS was observed. Although the combination of AMS + CIP offers coverage for 84% of patients, PTZ should be considered as an option for patients with severe infections or diabetes mellitus. Finding factors associated with antibiotic resistance could help to select empirical therapy for CA IAIs better.

Resistance to HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitors in Argentina: first interim survey / Resistencia a inhibidores de la integrasa en Argentina: primera encuesta interina

OBJECTIVES: No data on resistance to HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitors (InSTIs) in Argentina are available as access to these drugs and to integrase genotypic resistance test is limited. We aimed to evaluate the clinical profile of patients who underwent an integrase genotypic resistance test, prevalence of InSTI resistance mutations and predicted efficacy of raltegravir, elvitegravir and dolutegravir in our country. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective multicentric pilot survey from January 2011 to November 2017 of InSTI-failing patients assisted at two private and one public healthcare institutions located in Buenos Aires city, Argentina. RESULTS: Sixty seven patients were included. Patients had a median of 5 (4-7) prior treatments. All patients had InSTI-containing regimens (median exposure of 22.5 months); 94% were under raltegravir therapy and 71.9% had InSTI-resistance mutations. Predominant major mutations were N155H (35.1%), Q148H/R (15.8%) and G140A/S (14%). Considering Stanford HIVdb program, extremely low and identical activity of raltegravir and elvitegravir was described while dolutegravir remained either partially or fully active in 97.7% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Integrase resistance test was prescribed almost exclusively in heavily pretrated raltegravir-exposed patients. The three main mutational pathways were described, with a predominance of N155H. Despite almost null susceptibility and extensive cross resistance was shown among raltegravir and elvitegravir, dolutegravir remains active in the majority of patients

OBJETIVOS: No hay datos disponibles sobre resistencia a inhibidores de la integrasa (INIs) en Argentina, ya que el acceso a estas drogas y al estudio de resistencia genotípica es limitado. Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar el perfil clínico de los pacientes a los que se les indicó un estudio de resistencia genotípico de integrasa, la prevalencia de mutaciones de resistencia INIs y la predicción de eficacia para raltegravir, elvitegravir y dolutegravir en nuestro país. PACIENTES Y MÉTODOS: Encuesta piloto retrospectiva multicéntrica, enero de 2011 a noviembre de 2017, de pacientes con fallo virológico a INIs asistidos en dos instituciones de salud privadas y una pública en Buenos Aires, Argentina. RESULTADOS: Se incluyeron 67 pacientes, con una mediana de 5 (4-7) tratamientos previos. Todos tenían regímenes con INIs (exposición media de 22,5 meses); el 94% estaba recibiendo raltegravir y el 71,9% tenía mutaciones de resistencia a INIs. Las mutaciones primarias predominantes fueron N155H (35,1%), Q148H/R (15,8%) y G140A/S (14%). Considerando el programa de HIVdb de la Universidad de Stanford, se describió una actividad extremadamente baja e idéntica para raltegravir y elvitegravir, mientras que dolutegravir se mantuvo parcial o totalmente activo en el 97,7% de los pacientes. CONCLUSIONES: La prueba de resistencia a la integrasa se indicó casi exclusivamente en pacientes experimentados en tratamiento antirretroviral y expuestos a raltegravir. Se describieron las vías mutacionales principales, con predominio de N155H. Pese a la susceptibilidad casi nula y extensa resistencias cruzada entre raltegravir y elvitegravir, dolutegravir permaneció activo en la mayoría de los pacientes