Attributable clinical and economic burden of carbapenem-non-susceptible Gram-negative infections in patients hospitalized with complicated urinary tract infections

Gram-negative complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) can have serious consequences for patients and hospitals.To examine the clinical and economic burden attributable to Gram-negative carbapenem-non-susceptible (C-NS; resistant/intermediate) infections compared with carbapenem-susceptible (C-S) infections in 78 US hospitals.All non-duplicate C-NS and C-S urine source isolates were analysed. A subset had principal diagnosis ICD-9-CM codes...