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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2020

Colonization Screening Targeting Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens Does Not Increase the Use of Carbapenems in Very Low Birth Weight Infants.

Dominik Schöndorf, Arne Simon, Gudrun Wagenpfeil, Barbara Gärtner, Martina Geipel, Michael Zemlin, Marika Schöndorf, Sascha Meyer

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dominik SchöndorfGeneral Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Arne SimonPediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Gudrun WagenpfeilTheoretical Medicine, Institute for Medical Biometrics, Epidemiology and Medical Computer Sciences, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Barbara GärtnerCenter for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Martina GeipelGeneral Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Michael ZemlinGeneral Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Marika SchöndorfPediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Sascha MeyerGeneral Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Saarland University · DEInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2012, a colonization screening (CoS) for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MRGN) in very low birth weight infants (VLWBI) was implemented in order to provide a basis for an effective empiric therapy of subsequent nosocomial infections (NI). According to antibiotic stewardship, carbapenems should be reserved for NI caused by MRGN or severe NI. We examined whether the CoS increased the first-line use of carbapenems. In this retrospective cohort analysis, we enrolled all VLBWI before (2009-2011) and after (2012-2014) the introduction of CoS (2012) at a tertiary university neonatal intensive care and neonatal intermediate care unit (NIMC) in Germany. Rectal swabs were used to detect MRGN colonization (on admission and weekly until discharge from the NIMC). The use of carbapenems was measured by days of therapy (DoT). To exclude the replacement of carbapenems by other antibiotics, antibiotic therapy for late-onset sepsis (LOS) was assessed by DoT and length of therapy (LoT). In 55/201 (27.4%) VLBWI, CoS detected MRGN colonization. Compared to the cohort prior to the introduction of CoS (

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antibiotic stewardshipcarbapenem antibiotic consumptioncolonization screeningmultidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogensvery low birth weight infants

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PMID32850541
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