Antibiotics (Jul 2023)

Cefto Real-Life Study: Real-World Data on the Use of Ceftobiprole in a Multicenter Spanish Cohort

  • Carmen Hidalgo-Tenorio,
  • Inés Pitto-Robles,
  • Daniel Arnés García,
  • F. Javier Membrillo de Novales,
  • Laura Morata,
  • Raul Mendez,
  • Olga Bravo de Pablo,
  • Vicente Abril López de Medrano,
  • Miguel Salavert Lleti,
  • Pilar Vizcarra,
  • Jaime Lora-Tamayo,
  • Ana Arnáiz García,
  • Leonor Moreno Núñez,
  • Mar Masiá,
  • Maria Pilar Ruiz Seco,
  • Svetlana Sadyrbaeva-Dolgova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12071218
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 7
p. 1218

Abstract

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Background: Ceftobiprole is a fifth-generation cephalosporin that has been approved in Europe solely for the treatment of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. The objective was to analyze the use of ceftobiprole medocaril (Cefto-M) in Spanish clinical practice in patients with infections in hospital or outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). Methods: This retrospective, observational, multicenter study included patients treated from 1 September 2021 to 31 December 2022. Results: A total of 249 individuals were enrolled, aged 66.6 ± 15.4 years, of whom 59.4% were male with a Charlson index of four (IQR 2–6), 13.7% had COVID-19, and 4.8% were in an intensive care unit (ICU). The most frequent type of infection was respiratory (55.8%), followed by skin and soft tissue infection (21.7%). Cefto-M was administered to 67.9% of the patients as an empirical treatment, in which was administered as monotherapy for 7 days (5–10) in 53.8% of cases. The infection-related mortality was 11.2%. The highest mortality rates were identified for ventilator-associated pneumonia (40%) and infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococus aureus (20.8%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16.1%). The mortality-related factors were age (OR: 1.1, 95%CI (1.04–1.16)), ICU admission (OR: 42.02, 95%CI (4.49–393.4)), and sepsis/septic shock (OR: 2.94, 95%CI (1.01–8.54)). Conclusions: In real life, Cefto-M is a safe antibiotic, comprising only half of prescriptions for respiratory infections, that is mainly administered as rescue therapy in pluripathological patients with severe infectious diseases.

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