Do Results of Surveillance Cultures Impact the Choice of Empirical Antibiotics Among Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infections? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015 Dec;36(12):1455-7
Date
09/12/2015Pubmed ID
26353941DOI
10.1017/ice.2015.215Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84958545888 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
We aimed to determine whether the results of surveillance cultures were associated with use of appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy among patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections. We found that surveillance status was not associated with appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy (P=.36). There were significant delays to concordant therapy among surveillance-positive patients (P=.03).
Author List
Rosa R, Castro J, Latibeaudiere R, Namias N, Munoz-Price LSMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Acinetobacter InfectionsAcinetobacter baumannii
Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carbapenems
Case-Control Studies
Cross Infection
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Florida
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Young Adult
