https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2022.10405

Evaluation with E-test of the meropenem/vaborbactam association in carbapenem-resistant and sensitive negative control strains isolates of samples processed at the Laboratory of the Rivoli Hospital

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2022)
Published: 17 May 2022
meropenem, vaborbactam, carbapenemase, Gram negative, antimicrobial resistance
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Giuseppina Amarù
S.C. Laboratorio Analisi Unificato Rivoli-Pinerolo ASL TO3, Rivoli (TO), Italy.
Lara Scoppapietra
S.C. Laboratorio Analisi Unificato Rivoli-Pinerolo ASL TO3, Rivoli (TO), Italy.
Cristina Crocillà
S.C. Banca del Sangue e Immunoematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.
Marika Salafia
S.C. Banca del Sangue e Immunoematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.
Mara Finotti
S.C. Banca del Sangue e Immunoematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.
Vittorio Schiavo
S.C. Banca del Sangue e Immunoematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.
Valentino Granero
vgranero@cittadellasalute.to.it
S.C. Banca del Sangue e Immunoematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.

Background and aims: Meropenem (Mer) and vaborbactam (Vab) is a combination of a carbapenem and a new β-lactamase inhibitor used in adults to treat different types of infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. This combination is chosen as an alternative in infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria when carbapenem-only therapies are unsatisfactory.

Materials and methods: Based on this, we report our assessment of such meropenem/vaborbactam association through the E-test and the Microscan routine automated system. This evaluation was performed on 22 samples, carbapenem-resistant strains of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from different types of biological material. Five E. coli and 1 P. mirabilis were respectively susceptible to both carbapenems and Mer/Vab, 6 P. aeruginosa and 2 A. baumannii were respectively resistant to both carbapenems and Mer/Vab and out of 8 K. pneumoniae which were resistant to carbapenems only one was resistant to the Mer/Var combination.

Results and conclusions: From the data obtained, it can be seen that resistance to carbapenems is 72%, and drops to 36% with the combined use of Mer/Vab. However, this combination cannot be used in the treatment of patients with diseases caused by P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp., resistant to meropenem.

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Amarù, G., Scoppapietra, L., Crocillà, C., Salafia, M., Finotti, M., Schiavo, V., & Granero, V. (2022). Evaluation with E-test of the meropenem/vaborbactam association in carbapenem-resistant and sensitive negative control strains isolates of samples processed at the Laboratory of the Rivoli Hospital. Microbiologia Medica, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2022.10405

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