Comparison of Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates Based on Time From Hospitalization and Culture Source: Implications for Hospital Antibiograms. (13th November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dickstein, Yaakov; Geffen, Yuval; Leibovici, Leonard; Paul, Mical
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 212
• Page End: 214
• Publication Date: 2015-11-13
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.258
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

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. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(2):212–214