Amikacin pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic in intensive care unit: a prospective database

International audienceBackground: Aminoglycosides have a concentration-dependent therapeutic effect when peak serum concentration (C max) reaches eight to tenfold the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). With an amikacin MIC of 8 mg/L, the C max should be 64-80 mg/L. This objective is based on clinical breakpoints and not on measured MIC. This study aimed to assess the proportion of patients achieving the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target C max /MIC ≥ 8 using the measured MIC in critically ill patients treated for documented Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) infections. Methods: Retrospective analysis from February 2016 to December 2017 of a prospective database conducted in 2 intensive care units (ICU). All patients with documented severe GNB infections treated with amikacin (single daily dose of 25 mg/kg of total body weight (TBW)) with both MIC and C max measurements at first day of treatment (D1) were included. Results are expressed in n (%) or median [min-max]. Results: 93 patients with 98 GNB-documented infections were included. The median C max was 55.2 mg/L [12.2-165.7] and the median MIC was 2 mg/L [0.19-16]. C max /MIC ratio ≥ 8 was achieved in 87 patients (88.8%) while a C max ≥ 64 mg/L was achieved in only 38 patients (38.7%). Overall probability of PK/PD target attainment was 93%. No correlation was found between C max /MIC ratio and clinical outcome at D8 and D28. Conclusion: According to PK/PD parameters observed in our study, single daily dose of amikacin 25 mg/kg of TBW appears to be sufficient in most critically ill patients treated for severe GNB infections

Respiratory multiplex PCR and procalcitonin to reduce antibiotic exposure in severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a multicenter randomised controlled trial

International audienceObjectives: We aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety on antibiotics exposure of a strategy combining a respiratory multiplex PCR (mPCR) with enlarged panel and daily procalcitonin (PCT) measurements, as compared with a conventional strategy, in critically ill adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.Methods: This multicentre, parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial enrolled patients admitted to 13 intensive care units (ICU) in France. Patients were assigned (1:1) to the control strategy, where antibiotic streamlining remained at the discretion of the physicians, or interventional strategy, consisting of using mPCR and daily PCT measurements within the first seven days of randomisation to streamline initial antibiotic therapy, with antibiotic continuation encouraged when PCT was > 1 ng/mL and discouraged if < 1 ng/mL or decreased by 80% from baseline. All patients underwent conventional microbiological tests and cultures. The primary end-point was antibiotic-free days at day 28.Results: Between April 20st and November 23st 2020, 194 patients were randomised, of whom 191 were retained in the intention-to-treat analysis. Respiratory bacterial coinfection was detected in 48.4% (45/93) and 21.4% (21/98) in the interventional and control group, respectively. The number of antibiotic-free days was 12.0 (0.0; 25.0) and 14.0 (0.0; 24.0) days, respectively (difference -2.0, (95% CI -10.6 to 6.6), P=0.89). Superinfection rates were high (51.6% and 48.5%, respectively). Mortality rates and ICU lengths of stay did not differ between groups.Conclusion: In severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, the mPCR/PCT algorithm strategy did not affect 28-day antibiotics exposure nor the major clinical outcomes, as compared with routine practice

Respiratory multiplex PCR and procalcitonin to reduce antibiotic exposure in severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a multicenter randomised controlled trial

International audienceObjectives: We aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety on antibiotics exposure of a strategy combining a respiratory multiplex PCR (mPCR) with enlarged panel and daily procalcitonin (PCT) measurements, as compared with a conventional strategy, in critically ill adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.Methods: This multicentre, parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial enrolled patients admitted to 13 intensive care units (ICU) in France. Patients were assigned (1:1) to the control strategy, where antibiotic streamlining remained at the discretion of the physicians, or interventional strategy, consisting of using mPCR and daily PCT measurements within the first seven days of randomisation to streamline initial antibiotic therapy, with antibiotic continuation encouraged when PCT was > 1 ng/mL and discouraged if < 1 ng/mL or decreased by 80% from baseline. All patients underwent conventional microbiological tests and cultures. The primary end-point was antibiotic-free days at day 28.Results: Between April 20st and November 23st 2020, 194 patients were randomised, of whom 191 were retained in the intention-to-treat analysis. Respiratory bacterial coinfection was detected in 48.4% (45/93) and 21.4% (21/98) in the interventional and control group, respectively. The number of antibiotic-free days was 12.0 (0.0; 25.0) and 14.0 (0.0; 24.0) days, respectively (difference -2.0, (95% CI -10.6 to 6.6), P=0.89). Superinfection rates were high (51.6% and 48.5%, respectively). Mortality rates and ICU lengths of stay did not differ between groups.Conclusion: In severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, the mPCR/PCT algorithm strategy did not affect 28-day antibiotics exposure nor the major clinical outcomes, as compared with routine practice

Respiratory multiplex PCR and procalcitonin to reduce antibiotic exposure in severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a multicenter randomised controlled trial

International audienceObjectives: We aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety on antibiotics exposure of a strategy combining a respiratory multiplex PCR (mPCR) with enlarged panel and daily procalcitonin (PCT) measurements, as compared with a conventional strategy, in critically ill adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.Methods: This multicentre, parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial enrolled patients admitted to 13 intensive care units (ICU) in France. Patients were assigned (1:1) to the control strategy, where antibiotic streamlining remained at the discretion of the physicians, or interventional strategy, consisting of using mPCR and daily PCT measurements within the first seven days of randomisation to streamline initial antibiotic therapy, with antibiotic continuation encouraged when PCT was > 1 ng/mL and discouraged if < 1 ng/mL or decreased by 80% from baseline. All patients underwent conventional microbiological tests and cultures. The primary end-point was antibiotic-free days at day 28.Results: Between April 20st and November 23st 2020, 194 patients were randomised, of whom 191 were retained in the intention-to-treat analysis. Respiratory bacterial coinfection was detected in 48.4% (45/93) and 21.4% (21/98) in the interventional and control group, respectively. The number of antibiotic-free days was 12.0 (0.0; 25.0) and 14.0 (0.0; 24.0) days, respectively (difference -2.0, (95% CI -10.6 to 6.6), P=0.89). Superinfection rates were high (51.6% and 48.5%, respectively). Mortality rates and ICU lengths of stay did not differ between groups.Conclusion: In severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, the mPCR/PCT algorithm strategy did not affect 28-day antibiotics exposure nor the major clinical outcomes, as compared with routine practice

Respiratory multiplex PCR and procalcitonin to reduce antibiotic exposure in severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a multicenter randomised controlled trial

International audienceObjectives: We aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety on antibiotics exposure of a strategy combining a respiratory multiplex PCR (mPCR) with enlarged panel and daily procalcitonin (PCT) measurements, as compared with a conventional strategy, in critically ill adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.Methods: This multicentre, parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial enrolled patients admitted to 13 intensive care units (ICU) in France. Patients were assigned (1:1) to the control strategy, where antibiotic streamlining remained at the discretion of the physicians, or interventional strategy, consisting of using mPCR and daily PCT measurements within the first seven days of randomisation to streamline initial antibiotic therapy, with antibiotic continuation encouraged when PCT was > 1 ng/mL and discouraged if < 1 ng/mL or decreased by 80% from baseline. All patients underwent conventional microbiological tests and cultures. The primary end-point was antibiotic-free days at day 28.Results: Between April 20st and November 23st 2020, 194 patients were randomised, of whom 191 were retained in the intention-to-treat analysis. Respiratory bacterial coinfection was detected in 48.4% (45/93) and 21.4% (21/98) in the interventional and control group, respectively. The number of antibiotic-free days was 12.0 (0.0; 25.0) and 14.0 (0.0; 24.0) days, respectively (difference -2.0, (95% CI -10.6 to 6.6), P=0.89). Superinfection rates were high (51.6% and 48.5%, respectively). Mortality rates and ICU lengths of stay did not differ between groups.Conclusion: In severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, the mPCR/PCT algorithm strategy did not affect 28-day antibiotics exposure nor the major clinical outcomes, as compared with routine practice

Respiratory multiplex PCR and procalcitonin to reduce antibiotic exposure in severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a multicenter randomised controlled trial

International audienceObjectives: We aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety on antibiotics exposure of a strategy combining a respiratory multiplex PCR (mPCR) with enlarged panel and daily procalcitonin (PCT) measurements, as compared with a conventional strategy, in critically ill adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.Methods: This multicentre, parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial enrolled patients admitted to 13 intensive care units (ICU) in France. Patients were assigned (1:1) to the control strategy, where antibiotic streamlining remained at the discretion of the physicians, or interventional strategy, consisting of using mPCR and daily PCT measurements within the first seven days of randomisation to streamline initial antibiotic therapy, with antibiotic continuation encouraged when PCT was > 1 ng/mL and discouraged if < 1 ng/mL or decreased by 80% from baseline. All patients underwent conventional microbiological tests and cultures. The primary end-point was antibiotic-free days at day 28.Results: Between April 20st and November 23st 2020, 194 patients were randomised, of whom 191 were retained in the intention-to-treat analysis. Respiratory bacterial coinfection was detected in 48.4% (45/93) and 21.4% (21/98) in the interventional and control group, respectively. The number of antibiotic-free days was 12.0 (0.0; 25.0) and 14.0 (0.0; 24.0) days, respectively (difference -2.0, (95% CI -10.6 to 6.6), P=0.89). Superinfection rates were high (51.6% and 48.5%, respectively). Mortality rates and ICU lengths of stay did not differ between groups.Conclusion: In severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, the mPCR/PCT algorithm strategy did not affect 28-day antibiotics exposure nor the major clinical outcomes, as compared with routine practice

Staphylococcus capitis isolated from bloodstream infections: a nationwide 3-month survey in 38 neonatal intensive care units

International audienceTo increase the knowledge about S. capitis in the neonatal setting, we conducted a nationwide 3-month survey in 38 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) covering 56.6% of French NICU beds. We demonstrated 14.2% of S. capitis BSI (S.capBSI) among nosocomial BSIs. S.capBSI incidence rate was 0.59 per 1000 patient-days. A total of 55.0% of the S.capBSIs were late onset catheter-related BSIs. The S. capitis strains infected preterm babies (median gestational age 26 weeks, median birth weight 855 g). They were resistant to methicillin and aminoglycosides and belonged to the NRCS-A clone. Evolution was favorable in all but one case, following vancomycin treatment