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. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.215. Epub 2015 Sep 10.

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).

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cross Infection / drug therapy
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / drug effects
  • Female
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems