Utilizing the electronic health record to construct antibiograms for previously healthy children with urinary tract infections

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Dec;39(12):1473-1475. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.246. Epub 2018 Oct 10.

Abstract

Traditional antibiograms can guide empiric antibiotic therapy, but they may miss differences in resistance across patient subpopulations. In this retrospective descriptive study, we constructed and validated antibiograms using International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes and other discrete data elements to define a cohort of previously healthy children with urinary tract infections. Our results demonstrate increased antibiotic susceptibility. This methodology may be modified to create other syndrome-specific antibiograms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Electronic Health Records*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Software
  • Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents