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ArticleThe Korean journal of internal medicine2016

Use of cefuroxime for women with community-onset acute pyelonephritis caused by cefuroxime-susceptible or -resistant Escherichia coli.

U-Im Chang, Hyung Wook Kim, Seong-Heon Wie

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Article in The Korean journal of internal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Antimicrobial resistance profile ofFrontiers in public health · 2024
    Pooled it
  3. Urinary Tract Infections Caused by UropathogenicInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  7. Inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy does not adversely affect the clinical outcomes of patients with acute pyelonephritis caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriales.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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  9. UroPathogenicFrontiers in microbiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

U-Im ChangDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Hyung Wook KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Seong-Heon WieDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Catholic University of Korea · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsEfforts to decrease the use of extended-spectrum cephalosporins are required to prevent the selection and transmission of multi-drug resistant pathogens, such as extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae. The objectives of this study were to assess the clinical efficacy of intravenous cefuroxime as an empirical antibiotic for the treatment of hospitalized women with acute pyelonephritis (APN) caused by Escherichia coli.

methodsWe analyzed the clinical and microbiologic database of 328 hospitalized women with community-onset APN.

resultsOf 328 women with APN, 22 patients had cefuroxime-resistant E. coli APN, and 306 patients had cefuroxime-susceptible E. coli APN. The early clinical success rates were significantly higher (p = 0.001) in the cefuroxime-susceptible group (90.8%, 278/306) than in the cefuroxime-resistant group (68.2%, 15/22) at 72 hours. The clinical cure rates at 4 to 14 days after completing antimicrobial therapy were not significantly different in the cefuroxime-resistant or -susceptible groups, with 88.2% (15/17) and 97.8% (223/228; p = 0.078), respectively. The microbiological cure rates were not significantly different and were 90.9% (10/11) and 93.4% (128/137), respectively (p = 0.550). The median duration of hospitalization in the cefuroxime-resistant and -susceptible groups was 10 days (interquartile range [IQR], 8 to 13) and 10 days (IQR, 8 to 14), respectively (p =0.319).

conclusionsCefuroxime, a second-generation cephalosporin, can be used for the initial empirical therapy of community-onset APN if tailored according to uropathogen identification and susceptibility results, especially in areas where the prevalence rate of ESBL-producing uropathogens is low.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, BacterialAdministration, IntravenousAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefuroximeCommunity-Acquired InfectionsDatabases, FactualEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsFemaleHospitalizationHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedPyelonephritisRemission InductionAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefuroximeAcute pyelonephritisCefuroximeEscherichia coli

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PMID26767868
PMCPMC4712418
OpenAlexW2199373968

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