Definitive Cefazolin Treatment for Community-Onset Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia Based on the Contemporary CLSI Breakpoint: Clinical Experience of a Medical Center in Southern Taiwan

• Main Authors: Ching-Chi Lee (Author), Chung-Hsun Lee (Author), Po-Lin Chen (Author), Chih-Chia Hsieh (Author), Hung-Jen Tang (Author), Wen-Chien Ko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cefazolin is traditionally active against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species, and Proteus mirabilis (EKP) isolates. The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has twice updated cefazolin susceptibility breakpoints for EKP since 2010, but its role in the definitive treatment of cefazoli...