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).
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1455-1457 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Epidemiology
- Infectious Diseases
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Rosa, R., Castro, J. G., Latibeaudiere, R., Namias, N., & Munoz-Price, L. (2015). Do results of surveillance cultures impact the choice of empirical antibiotics among patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 36(12), 1455-1457. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.215