Bacteraemia incidence, causative organisms and resistance patterns, antibiotic strategies and outcomes in a single university hospital ICU: continuing improvement between 2000 and 2013 | Zendy

Vincenzo De Santis | Zendy; Mihaela Gresoiu | Zendy; Alberto Corona | Zendy; A.P.R. Wilson | Zendy; Mervyn Singer | Zendy

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Bacteraemia incidence, causative organisms and resistance patterns, antibiotic strategies and outcomes in a single university hospital ICU: continuing improvement between 2000 and 2013

Author(s) -

Vincenzo De Santis,

Mihaela Gresoiu,

Alberto Corona,

A.P.R. Wilson,

Mervyn Singer

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dku338

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , bacteremia , cohort , prospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , fluconazole , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal , physics , dermatology , optics , biology

The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment in patients with bloodstream infections remains contentious, with concerns regarding both undertreatment and the encouragement of antibiotic resistance. In our ICU we traditionally use short-course antibiotic monotherapy as the mainstay of treatment. We sought to document the impact of this strategy on pathogen type, resistance patterns and patient outcomes. A comparison was made against data collected during a similar exercise in 2000.

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