Does local matter? Evaluating susceptibility variations between hospital-wide and hematology-oncology unit antibiograms

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Abstract

Antibiograms are important for guiding empiric antibiotics for febrile neutropenia. However, hospital-wide antibiograms may not capture complexities of patients with hematologic malignancies. We created a hematology-oncology unit-specific antibiogram and found higher resistance among Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, and Enterococcus isolates compared to hospital-wide data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere98
JournalAntimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 21 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Microbiology (medical)

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