Clinical outcomes and bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae complex among patients from different global regions (CRACKLE-2): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study.

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Wang, Minggui

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Earley, Michelle

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Chen, Liang

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Hanson, Blake M

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Yu, Yunsong

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Liu, Zhengyin

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Salcedo, Soraya

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Cober, Eric

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Li, Lanjuan

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Kanj, Souha S

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Gao, Hainv

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Munita, Jose M

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Ordoñez, Karen

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Weston, Greg

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Satlin, Michael J

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Valderrama-Beltrán, Sandra L

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Marimuthu, Kalisvar

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Stryjewski, Martin E

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Komarow, Lauren

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Luterbach, Courtney

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Marshall, Steve H

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Rudin, Susan D

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Manca, Claudia

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Paterson, David L

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Reyes, Jinnethe

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Villegas, Maria V

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Evans, Scott

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Hill, Carol

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Arias, Rebekka

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Baum, Keri

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Fries, Bettina C

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Doi, Yohei

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Patel, Robin

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Kreiswirth, Barry N

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Bonomo, Robert A

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Chambers, Henry F

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Fowler, Vance G

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Arias, Cesar A

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van Duin, David

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Multi-Drug Resistant Organism Network Investigators

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2022-02-01T19:54:53Z

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2022-02-01T19:54:53Z

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2021-11-09

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2022-02-01T19:54:53Z

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Background

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is a global threat. We therefore analysed the bacterial characteristics of CRKP infections and the clinical outcomes of patients with CRKP infections across different countries.

Methods

In this prospective, multicentre, cohort study (CRACKLE-2), hospitalised patients with cultures positive for CRKP were recruited from 71 hospitals in Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Colombia, Lebanon, Singapore, and the USA. The first culture positive for CRKP was included for each unique patient. Clinical data on post-hospitalisation death and readmission were collected from health records, and whole genome sequencing was done on all isolates. The primary outcome was a desirability of outcome ranking at 30 days after the index culture, and, along with bacterial characteristics and 30-day all-cause mortality (a key secondary outcome), was compared between patients from China, South America, and the USA. The desirability of outcome ranking was adjusted for location before admission, Charlson comorbidity index, age at culture, Pitt bacteremia score, and anatomical culture source through inverse probability weighting; mortality was adjusted for the same confounders, plus region where relevant, through multivariable logistic regression. This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03646227, and is complete.

Findings

Between June 13, 2017, and Nov 30, 2018, 991 patients were enrolled, of whom 502 (51%) met the criteria for CRKP infection and 489 (49%) had positive cultures that were considered colonisation. We observed little intra-country genetic variation in CRKP. Infected patients from the USA were more acutely ill than were patients from China or South America (median Pitt bacteremia score 3 [IQR 2-6] vs 2 [0-4] vs 2 [0-4]) and had more comorbidities (median Charlson comorbidity index 3 [IQR 2-5] vs 1 [0-3] vs 1 [0-2]). Adjusted desirability of outcome ranking outcomes were similar in infected patients from China (n=246), South America (n=109), and the USA (n=130); the estimates were 53% (95% CI 42-65) for China versus South America, 50% (41-61) for the USA versus China, and 53% (41-66) for the USA versus South America. In patients with CRKP infections, unadjusted 30-day mortality was lower in China (12%, 95% CI 8-16; 29 of 246) than in the USA (23%, 16-30; 30 of 130) and South America (28%, 20-37; 31 of 109). Adjusted 30-day all-cause mortality was higher in South America than in China (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4·82, 95% CI 2·22-10·50) and the USA (aOR 3·34, 1·50-7·47), with the mortality difference between the USA and China no longer being significant (aOR 1·44, 0·70-2·96).

Interpretation

Global CRKP epidemics have important regional differences in patients' baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes, and in bacterial characteristics. Research findings from one region might not be generalisable to other regions.

Funding

The National Institutes of Health.
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S1473-3099(21)00399-6

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1473-3099

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1474-4457

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/24322

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eng

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Elsevier BV

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The Lancet. Infectious diseases

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10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00399-6

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Multi-Drug Resistant Organism Network Investigators

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Clinical outcomes and bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae complex among patients from different global regions (CRACKLE-2): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study.

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Journal article

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Fowler, Vance G|0000-0002-8048-0897

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Duke

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School of Medicine

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Basic Science Departments

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Clinical Science Departments

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Institutes and Centers

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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

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Medicine

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Medicine, Infectious Diseases

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Duke Clinical Research Institute

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