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SUBMITTER: Gavin PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1479103 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gavin Patrick J PJ Suseno Mira T MT Thomson Richard B RB Gaydos J Michael JM Pierson Carl L CL Halstead Diane C DC Aslanzadeh Jaber J Brecher Stephen S Rotstein Coleman C Brossette Stephen E SE Peterson Lance R LR
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20060601 6
We assessed infections caused by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli or Klebsiella spp. treated with piperacillin-tazobactam to determine if the susceptibility breakpoint predicts outcome. Treatment was successful in 10 of 11 nonurinary infections from susceptible strains and in 2 of 6 infections with MICs of >16/4 mug/ml. All six urinary infections responded to treatment regardless of susceptibility. ...[more]