Development of a 51-hospital Chicagoland regional antibiogram and comparison to local hospital and national surveillance data.
David A ButlerMark BiagiVikas GuptaSarah WieczorkiewiczLisa YoungUrsula PatelSandy NaegeleMaressa SantarossaAmanda HarringtonMike PostelnickMira SusenoAlyssa ChristensenJulie GiddensTim MurreyAmy HansonSharon SamNatasha PettitLarry DanzigerEric WenzlerPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
Developing an accurate, reliable regional antibiogram is feasible, even in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. The biogram is useful in assessing susceptibilities to less commonly encountered organisms and providing clinicians a more accurate representation of local antimicrobial resistance rates compared to national surveillance databases.