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ArticleCureus2022

Antibiogram at a Rural Hospital Against the Background of COVID-19: A Five-Year Retrospective Review.

Okelue E Okobi, Endurance O Evbayekha, Hameed O Shittu, Ifeanyi E Arinze, Chukwudike G Nnaji, Nneka J Umeh, Temitope O Ajayi, Olamide O Ajayi, Oghenetega E Ayisire, Anthony I Dick and 5 more

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Okelue E OkobiFamily Medicine, Lakeside Medical Center, Belle Glade, USA.
Endurance O EvbayekhaInternal Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, USA.
Hameed O ShittuInternal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, NGA.
Ifeanyi E ArinzeInternal Medicine, Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA.
Chukwudike G NnajiInternal Medicine/Family Medicine, Windsor University School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Nneka J UmehGeneral Medicine, Brooklyn Queens Nursing Home, New York, USA.
Temitope O AjayiInternal Medicine, University at Buffalo, New York, USA.
Olamide O AjayiInternal Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu, NGA.
Oghenetega E AyisirePsychiatry, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, GBR.
Anthony I DickPublic Health, Chicago State University, Chicago, USA.
Ogochukwu AgazieGeneral Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi Araba, NGA.
Chinelo IgweikePreventive Medicine, RBH Medical Center, Richmond, USA.
Chinwendum U EkpemiroSurgery, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, NGA.
Boma E JacksSurgery, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, NGA.
Nkemputaife P OnyechiInternal Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.

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Abstract

Background and objective The role of the antibiogram in reducing hospital length of stay (LOS), mortality rate, health care costs, and, by extension, patients' social, physical, and emotional wellness has a significant impact on the medical community. Hospitals in large cities serve a dynamic population of diverse ethnic groups. Many scholarly works and publications have shown that the antimicrobial pattern in rural settings has significant variability annually. Over the last two years, the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought about many unknowns in the sphere of healthcare. The pattern of pathology accompanying COVID-19 has affected hospital policies and direct patient management, leading to a paradigm shift in approaches, policies, and resource utilization. The years 2019 to 2021 were marked by many admissions due to COVID-19, and the effects of COVID-19 are still being studied. In light of this, this study examined the changes in sensitivity patterns, new trends, and nature of bacteria isolates, antimicrobial rates, and susceptibility based on a rural hospital's annual antibiogram pertaining to its central departments: the intensive care unit (ICU), patient care unit (PCU), the outpatient unit, and emergency department (ED). Methods This five-year retrospective antibiogram review compared antibiogram patterns two years before the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the hospital and those two years after the initial outbreak. Results The organism comparative susceptibility tests for

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antibiogramantimicrobial agentbacterial susceptibilitypost-covid-19pre-covid-19

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PMCPMC9399972

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