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IDSA Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections: Version 1.0

Mary Wilson

Well-known member
Published by IDSA, 3/7/2022

A Focus on Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase Producing Enterobacterales, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Difficult-to-Treat Resistance

Pranita D. Tamma*, Samuel L. Aitken, Robert A. Bonomo, Amy J. Mathers, David van Duin, Cornelius J. Clancy

Introduction

The rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a global crisis. Collectively, antimicrobial-resistant pathogens caused more than 2.8 million infections and over 35,000 deaths annually from 2012 through 2017, according to the 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States Report [1]. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) identified the development and dissemination of clinical practice guidelines and other guidance products for clinicians as a top initiative in its 2019 Strategic Plan [2]. IDSA acknowledged that the ability to address rapidly evolving topics such as AMR was limited by prolonged timelines needed to generate new or updated clinical practice guidelines, which are based on systematic literature reviews and employ rigorous GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) methodology. As an alternative to practice guidelines, IDSA endorsed developing more narrowly focused guidance documents for the treatment of difficult-to-manage infections. Guidance documents will be prepared by a small team of experts, who will answer questions about treatment based on a comprehensive (but not necessarily systematic) review of the literature, clinical experience, and expert opinion. Documents will not include formal grading of evidence, and they will be made available and updated at least annually online.

In the present document, guidance is provided on the treatment of infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E), carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with difficult-to-treat resistance (DTR-P. aeruginosa) [3]. These pathogens have been designated urgent or serious threats by the CDC [1]. Each pathogen causes a wide range of infections that are encountered in United States hospitals of all sizes, and that carry with them significant morbidity and mortality. ...

https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/amr-guidance/
 
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