Antimicrobial stewardship and antibiograms: importance of moving beyond traditional antibiograms [PDF]
The rapid evolution of resistance, particularly among Gram-negative bacteria, requires appropriate identification of patients at risk followed by administration of appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy.
Kenneth P. Klinker +5 more
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Spanish Antibiogram Committee (COESANT) recommendations for cumulative antibiogram reports
The Spanish Antibiogram Committee (Comité Español del Antibiograma, COESANT) presents in this document a series of recommendations intending to unify how cumulative antibiogram reports must be made in Clinical Microbiology Spanish laboratories. This article is based on the information included in the Clinical Microbiology Procedure No. 51, «Preparation
Larrosa, Nieves +14 more
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Creation and Distribution of 2021–2023 New York City Regional Antibiograms [PDF]
Background: New York City (NYC) is vulnerable to antimicrobial resistant pathogens given its population density, mobile population of travelers and immigrants, and multiple health systems in close proximity.
William Greendyke +4 more
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A Comparison of a Solid Organ Transplant Population-Specific Antibiogram With the Hospital-Wide Antibiogram. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are vulnerable to infections with multidrug‐resistant organisms, and they often do not receive adequate empiric antimicrobials for serious Gram‐negative infections.
Aziz Ali A +6 more
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Hospital antibiogram: A necessity
The hospital antibiogram is a periodic summary of antimicrobial susceptibilities of local bacterial isolates submitted to the hospital's clinical microbiology laboratory. Antibiograms are often used by clinicians to assess local susceptibility rates, as an aid in selecting empiric antibiotic therapy, and in monitoring resistance trends over time within
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An analysis of the value-added of antibiogram subgroup stratification [PDF]
Background Stratified antibiograms are recommended to guide empiric clinical treatment. However, which strata to focus on, the limited number of isolates in identified strata, and the heavy associated workload all pose challenges.
Connie T. Y. Xie +3 more
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Background: Previously, our hospital manually built a static antibiogram from a surveillance system (VigiLanz) culture report. In 2019, a collaboration between the antimicrobial stewardship team (AST) and the infection control (IC) team set out to ...
Ashley Dauphin +5 more
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Providing value to patients and providers via a pediatric statewide antibiogram in South Carolina
Objective: Antimicrobial stewardship has special challenges in particular populations and facilities, including pediatrics. We sought to augment the information available to antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) by created a cumulative statewide ...
Pamela Bailey +4 more
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AntibiogramDSM: a combined local antibiogram and educational intervention
Objective: To describe the development of a combined local antibiogram and assess its utility in an educational intervention. Design: Retrospective analysis of a combined, multi-healthcare system antibiogram with an educational intervention and pre ...
Andrew R. Miesner +2 more
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Detection of Salmonella spp. in exotic pigeons of North Kerala and its antibiogram [PDF]
Pigeon breeding has transformed from being a mere hobby to becoming established as an industry. The increased trade of pigeons inadvertently invites the risk of dissemination of infections including zoonoses like salmonellosis.
Maria Elsa Mathews +4 more
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