Do Results of Surveillance Cultures Impact the Choice of Empirical Antibiotics Among Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infections?
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).
1Department of Medicine,Jackson Memorial Hospital,Miami,Florida.
Rossana
R
Rosa
2Division of Infectious Diseases,University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,Miami,Florida.
Jose
J
Castro
1Department of Medicine,Jackson Memorial Hospital,Miami,Florida.
Rachel
R
Latibeaudiere
3Department of Surgery,University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,Miami,Florida.
Nicholas
N
Namias
4Institute for Health and Society and Department of Medicine,Medical College of Wisconsin,Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
L Silvia
LS
Munoz-Price
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems