Use of tigecycline at a teaching hospital

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Gleycivane Nunes da Silva
Erivaldo Elias Junior
Vanessa Marcon de Oliveira
Erica Freire de Vasconcelos Pereira
Cristiane Munaretto Ferreira
Bianca Rodrigues Acacio
Vanessa Terezinha Gubert
Maria Tereza Ferreira Duenhas Monreal

Abstract

Introduction: Tigecycline is an antimicrobial agent, approved for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections, hospital-acquired and community-acquired pneumonia, intra-abdominal infections and anaerobic or atypical infections. Objective: To describe the use of tigecycline in a teaching hospital and to compare data from patients who had their prescriptions audited by the hospital infection committee with those who did not have audited prescriptions. Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study conducted at a teaching hospital from April 2012 to March 2014 including patients who received tigecycline. Demographic variables, comorbidities, microbiological findings, prescribed antibiotics and technical opinions issued by the Hospital Infection Control Service were collected. Results: 71 patients were included, aged between 13 and 92 years, 63.4% were male and 56.3% were non-white. Tigecycline was the first antimicrobial choice in 19.7% (14/71) of the cases, while the use associated with other antibiotics was observed in 66.2% (45/71) of the prescriptions. mainly with meropenem (28.9%). Empirical use was performed in 69.0% of cases, after culture and the antibiogram in 31.0% and off label use in 81.7%. The microorganisms frequently identified by the culture tests were Enterococcus faecalis (17.6%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (14.7%) and Klebsiella penumoniae (11.8%). Conclusion: The study demonstrated that empirical and off label use is common in clinical practice and few prescriptions were guided by the results of the culture and the antibiogram, demonstrating the need for prescribers to evaluate the benefits/ risks of using this antibiotic, risk of resistance, adverse effects and drug interactions, in addition to cost.

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Silva, G. N. da, Elias Junior, E., Oliveira, V. M. de, Pereira, E. F. de V., Ferreira, C. M., Acacio, B. R., Gubert, V. T., & Monreal, M. T. F. D. (2022). Use of tigecycline at a teaching hospital. ABCS Health Sciences, 47, e022202. https://doi.org/10.7322/abcshs.2020090.2030
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