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标题：Evaluation of rational use of antimicrobial agents in a Brazilian intensive care unit
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作者：Fabiana Xavier Cartaxo Salgado ; Tarquino Erastides Gavilanes Sanchez ; Noriberto Barbosa da Silva 等
期刊名称：Health
印刷版ISSN：1949-4998
电子版ISSN：1949-5005
出版年度：2014
卷号：06
期号：02
页码：188-194
DOI：10.4236/health.2014.62028
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：The present study sought to assess the rational use of antimicrobial agents in a Brazilian intensive care unit (ICU) and its association with antimicrobial resistance in elderly patients admitted to the unit. Results: Choice of empiric and sensitivity-guided therapy was inadequate in > 80% and 59% of cases respectively. Inadequate antimicrobial therapy, whether empiric or sensitivity-guided, was positively correlated with bacterial resistance (r = 0.316; p = 0.001). Sensitivity testing revealed a 46.5% resistance rate to eight out of the ten most commonly used antibiotics. Multiple drug-resistant organisms were found in 40.8% of patients. A significant increase was observed in the number of multidrug-resistant samples between 2006/2007 and 2008 (r = 0.41, p = 0.006), (r = 0.598, p = 0.001), (r = 0.688, p = 0.00). Conclusion: We found a high rate of antibiotic misuse in the study sample. Inadequate therapy was correlated with resistance to antimicrobial agents.
关键词：Rational use of Antimicrobial Agents; Intensive Care Unit; Microbial Resistance