title: Comparison of Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates Based on Time From Hospitalization and Culture Source: Implications for Hospital Antibiograms.
abstract: We assessed the effects of time from hospitalization and culture source on bacterial susceptibility profiles. Increasing resistance correlated with increasing time from hospitalization for all bacterial groups, with 7 days in hospital representing the best time point for dichotomizing susceptibility rates rather than 48 hours. Antibiograms based on isolates from any source best represented susceptibility profiles.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Rambam Health Care Campus,Haifa,Israel.
authors.forename: Yaakov
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dickstein
authors.affiliation: 2Medical Microbiology Laboratory,Rambam Health Care Campus,Haifa,Israel.
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Geffen
authors.affiliation: 3Medicine E, Rabin Medical Center,Beilinson Hospital, Sackler Faculty of Medicine,Tel-Aviv University,Tel-Aviv,Israel.
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leibovici
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Rambam Health Care Campus,Haifa,Israel.
authors.forename: Mical
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000187:drug effects*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007902:Length of Stay; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents