ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2025
Comparison of Spectrum Coverage Score-based Antimicrobial Consumption in Acute Care Hospitals Over Eight Years: A Multicentric Study.
Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Temporal trends in antimicrobial consumption and an investigation of hospital antimicrobial stewardship activities through structured interviews.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
12 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Progress in antimicrobial stewardship programs has introduced new means of assessing antimicrobial use. Days of antibiotic spectrum coverage (DASC) incorporate spectrum data into traditional metrics, such as days of therapy (DOT). This study evaluated DASC across 12 hospitals to assess antimicrobial consumption and the streamlining process. Methods: Data on antimicrobial consumption were collected from 12 hospitals in three regions from April 2016 to March 2024. Trends in streamlining (DASC/DOT) were assessed using linear regression. Spearman's rank-order correlation was used to test for any correlation between DASC/DOT and DOT per 1000 patient-days (PD). Hospital features, including intensive care unit (ICU) capacity and transplant services, were also assessed. Results: In total, data from 96 months revealed median DOT 303.4, DASC 2107.0, and DASC/DOT 7.2. No significant correlation was found between DASC/DOT and DOT per 1000 PD (rho: 0.11; Conclusions: DASC/DOT is a valuable tool for evaluating antimicrobial use and streamlining. Regional and institutional comparisons can help identify facilities requiring more effort to promote antimicrobial stewardship.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.