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Antibiotic trends of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii resistance indicators in an intensive care unit of Southern Italy, 2008–2013

Overview of attention for article published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, November 2015
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Title
Antibiotic trends of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii resistance indicators in an intensive care unit of Southern Italy, 2008–2013
Published in
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13756-015-0087-y
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Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Andrea Maugeri, Eugenia Aldisio, Anna Elisa Marchese, Anna Rita Mattaliano, Athanassios Tsakris

Abstract

The overuse of antimicrobials is one of the main factors responsible for the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance, together with other causes, such as intra- and inter-hospital spread of resistant microorganisms and infection control policies and practices. The objective of the present study is to report the trends of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii antimicrobial resistance indicators in an Italian intensive care unit (ICU) during a six-year period, from 2008 to 2013. Susceptibility data and annual antibiotic consumptions in the ICU were retrospectively obtained from the clinical laboratory and the pharmacy. Trends over time of resistance rates (RRs) and of incidence densities of resistant isolates were determined by linear regression. Isolation density of A. baumannii increased significantly from 2008 (20.4 per 1,000 patient-days) to 2013 (58.1 per 1,000 patient-days) and of K. pneumoniae from 2010 (22.3 per 1,000 patient-days) to 2013 (55.9 per 1,000 patient-days). RRs of third-generation cephalosporins (3GCs)-resistant K. pneumoniae (from 2010: 41.9 %, to 2012: 87.0 %), of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (from 2008: 0 %, to 2013: 59.2 %), and of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (from 2008: 87.5 %, to 2013: 96.6 %) showed significant increasing trends. Carbapenems was the main antibiotic class consumed (24.9 % of the total antimicrobial usage density), followed by 3GCs (21.0 %), fluoroquinolones (20.6 %), aminoglycosides (17.3 %), penicillins (15.1 %) and glycopeptides (1.1 %). Carbapenems consumption decreased from 2008 to 2012 and then increased in 2013. Glycopeptides consumption decreased from 2008 to 2011 and then increased in 2013. Aminoglycosides consumption decreased from 2008 to 2010 and increased from 2012 to 2013. Finally, 3GC, penicillins and fluoroquinolones consumptions decreased from 2012 to 2013. RRs of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii and of carbapenem- and 3GC-resistant K. pneumoniae were higher than those for Europe. Our findings highlight the necessity to implement an integrated system for monitoring not only consumption of antibiotics and resistance profiles but also the clonality of alert microorganisms in the ICU for effective infection control.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 1%
Unknown 71 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 11%
Student > Postgraduate 6 8%
Student > Master 6 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Other 18 25%
Unknown 16 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 28%
Immunology and Microbiology 10 14%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 6%
Other 3 4%
Unknown 20 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 November 2015.
All research outputs
#2,653,531
of 24,003,070 outputs
Outputs from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#349
of 1,347 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#38,540
of 289,106 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#14
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