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- Title
Short report: impact of selective reporting of antibiotic susceptibility testing on antibiotic use in patients with bloodstream infection with Enterococcus faecalis.
- Authors
Geismann, Florian; Handschuh, Stefan; Malfertheiner, Maximilian; Salzberger, Bernd; Bauernfeind, Stilla; Hitzenbichler, Florian; Simon, Michaela; Caplunik-Pratsch, Aila; Schneider-Brachert, Wulf; Wiest, Clemens; Ruegamer, Tamara; Mohr, Arno
- Abstract
Introduction: Bloodstream infections with Enterococcus faecalis are associated with relevant morbidity and mortality. Targeted antimicrobial therapy is essential. The choice of an adequate treatment may be challenging when susceptibility testing offers different options. Selective reporting of antibiotic susceptibility test results might lead to a more tailored antibiotic therapy and could therefore be an important antimicrobial stewardship program intervention. The aim of this study was to analyse whether the introduction of selective reporting of antibiotic test results leads to a more targeted antibiotic therapy in patients with bloodstream infection with Enterococcus faecalis. Methods: This study was performed as a retrospective cohort study at the University Hospital Regensburg, Germany. All patients with blood cultures positive for Enterococcus faecalis between March 2003 and March 2022 were analysed. In February 2014 selective reporting of antibiotic susceptibility test results omitting sensitivity results for agents not recommended was introduced. Results: 263 patients with blood cultures positive for Enterococcus faecalis were included. After introduction of selective reporting of antibiotic tests (AI) significantly more patients received ampicillin than before introduction of selective reporting (BI) (9.6% BI vs. 34.6% AI, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Selective reporting of antibiotic susceptibility test results led to a significantly higher use of ampicillin.
- Subjects
GERMANY; ANTIBIOTICS; ENTEROCOCCAL infections; BLOOD; ANTIMICROBIAL stewardship; CELL culture; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SEPSIS; INFECTIVE endocarditis; AMPICILLIN; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Infection, 2023, Vol 51, Issue 5, p1557
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-023-02045-4