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ArticleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials2017

Antibiotic consumption in laboratory confirmed vs. non-confirmed bloodstream infections among very low birth weight neonates in Poland.

A Różańska, J Wójkowska-Mach, P Adamski, M Borszewska-Kornacka, E Gulczyńska, M Nowiczewski, E Helwich, A Kordek, D Pawlik, M Bulanda

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Article in Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

A RóżańskaChair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 18 Czysta Street, 31-121, Krakow, Poland. rozanska@ifb.pl.
J Wójkowska-MachChair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 18 Czysta Street, 31-121, Krakow, Poland.
P AdamskiInstitute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland.
M Borszewska-KornackaClinic of Neonatology and Intensive Neonatal Care, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.
E GulczyńskaClinic of Neonatology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
M NowiczewskiClinic of Neonatology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
E HelwichClinic of Neonatology and Intensive Neonatal Care, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
A KordekDepartment of Neonatal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
D PawlikClinic of Neonatology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
M BulandaChair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 18 Czysta Street, 31-121, Krakow, Poland.
Jagiellonian University · PLPolish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute · PLInstitute of Nature Conservation · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PLPomeranian Medical University · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNewborns are a population in which antibiotic consumption is extremely high. Targeted antibiotic therapy should help to reduce antibiotics consumption. The aim of this study was an assessment of antibiotic usage in bloodstream infections treatment in the Polish Neonatology Surveillance Network (PNSN) and determining the possibility of applying this kind of data in infection control, especially for the evaluation of standard methods of microbiological diagnostics.

methodsData were collected between 01.01.2009 and 31.12.2013 in five teaching NICUs from the PNSN. The duration of treatment in days (DOT) and the defined daily doses (DDD) were used for the assessment of antibiotics consumption.

resultsThe median DOT for a single case of BSI amounted to 8.0 days; whereas the median consumption expressed in DDD was 0.130. In the case of laboratory confirmed BSI, median DOT was 8 days, and consumption-0.120 DDD. Median length of therapy was shorter for unconfirmed cases: 7 days, while the consumption of antibiotics was higher-0.140 DDD (p < 0.0001). High consumption of glycopeptides expressed in DOTs was observed in studied population, taking into account etiology of infection.

conclusionsEven application of classical methods of microbiological diagnostics significantly reduces the consumption of antibiotics expressed by DDD. However, the high consumption of glycopeptides indicates the necessity of applying rapid diagnostic assays. Nevertheless, the assessment of antibiotic consumption in neonatal units represents a methodological challenge and requires the use of different measurement tools.

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Drug UtilizationInfant, Very Low Birth WeightAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansInfant, NewbornNeonatal SepsisPolandAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial consumptionBloodstream infectionsInfection surveillanceNeonatal infections

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