A Single Hospital-Wide Antibiogram is Insufficient to Account for Differences in Antibiotic Resistance Patterns Across Multiple ICUs

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that different ICUs do have variability in antibiotic susceptibility patterns within a single hospital. While this only represents a single institution, it shows that the use of hospital-wide antibiograms is inadequate for creating empiric antibiotic protocols within individual ICUs.PMID:38597604 | DOI:10.1177/00031348241241636

Source: The American Surgeon - April 10, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Shem K Blackley Jay Lawrence Addison Blevins Caroline Howell Charles C Butts Nathan M Polite Thomas J Capasso Andrew C Bright Kayla A Hall Andrew N Haiflich Ashley Y Williams Christopher M Kinnard Maryann I Mbaka Jonathon P Audia Jon D Simmons Yannleei L Source Type: research