A Single Hospital-Wide Antibiogram is Insufficient to Account for Differences in Antibiotic Resistance Patterns Across Multiple ICUs.
Shem K BlackleyJay LawrenceAddison BlevinsCaroline HowellCharles C ButtsNathan M PoliteThomas J CapassoAndrew C BrightKayla A HallAndrew N HaiflichAshley Y WilliamsChristopher M KinnardMaryann I MbakaJonathon P AudiaJon D SimmonsYannleei L LeePublished in: The American surgeon (2024)
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.
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