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Observational studyRevista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia2021

Association between antibiotic pressure and the risk of colonization/infection by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii complex: a time series analysis.

M Huertas Vaquero, M A Asencio Egea, R Carranza González, A Padilla Serrano, M C Conde García, J M Tenias Burillo, O Redondo González

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Observational study in Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia, 2021. 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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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Hospital-Acquired Infections Caused byDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

M Huertas Vaquero
M A Asencio EgeaMaría Ángeles Asencio Egea, Hospital General La Mancha Centro, Avenida de la Constitución 3, 13600 Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Spain. marian_asencio@yahoo.es.
R Carranza González
A Padilla Serrano
M C Conde García
J M Tenias Burillo
O Redondo González

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo analyze the association between antibiotic pressure and the risk of colonization/infection by Acinetobacter baumannii complex (AB), evaluating both the individual and general prescriptions of antibiotics.

methodsThis is an analytical, observational, case-control study on patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during an AB outbreak (14 months). A five-year time series was constructed with the monthly incidence of cases of infection/colonization with strains of AB resistant to each antibiotic administered and with the monthly consumption of these antibiotics in the ICU.

resultsWe identified 40 patients either infected (23) or colonized (17) by AB and 73 controls. We found an epidemic multidrug-resistant clone of AB in 75% of cases. Risk factors associated with the development of AB infection/colonization were: greater use of medical instruments, the presence of a tracheostomy, cutaneous ulcers, surgical lesions and prior antibiotic therapies. The regression analysis of individual use of antibiotics showed that prior treatment with ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, amoxicillin/clavulanate, imipenem, levofloxacin, linezolid, and vancomycin was a risk factor for acquiring AB. ARIMA models showed that the relationship were greatest and statistically significant when the treatment occurred between 6 months (ceftazidime) and 9 months (imipenem and levofloxacin) prior.

conclusionsThe dynamic and aggregate relationship between the incidence of infection/colonization by multidrug-resistant strains of AB and prior antibiotic treatment was statistically significant for intervals of 6 to 9 months.

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Acinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsCross InfectionAnti-Bacterial AgentsCase-Control StudiesDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansIntensive Care UnitsRisk FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAcinetobacter baumanniiantibiotics prescriptioncase controloutbreaktime series

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PMID34610732
PMCPMC8638773

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