KASIC Patient Case: ESBL E. coli
A 44 year old 👩🏽 with CKD and estimated CrCl 25 mL/min presents with 🔥urination without flank pain. Urine culture grows ESBL E. coli. Which treatment option is best? 🤔
A) Hold antibiotics
B) NitrofurantoinÂ
C) TMP/SMX
D) MeropenemÂ
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Best Answer
TMP/SMX. 2022 IDSA Guidelines suggest TMP/SMX or nitrofurantoin for uncomplicated cystitis caused by ESBLs.
Explanation: Based on this patients CrCl nitrofurantoin is not expected to achieve adequate urinary concentrations so TMP/SMX is selected. Holding antibiotics isn’t appropriate because our patient has burning with urination. Always evaluating for asymptomatic bacteriuria is a great antimicrobial stewardship practice! However this patient has cystitis and treatment is warranted. The practice that ESBL = carbapenem is fairly common. Meropenem should be active for this patient’s infection but a carbapenem-sparing regimen helps reduce selective pressure for drug resistance.