Antibiotic prescription, organisms and its resistance pattern in patients admitted to respiratory ICU with respiratory infection in Mysuru

Conclusion: Piperacillin-tazobactam was the most common antibiotic prescribed to patients with respiratory infection admitted to ICU. More than half of patients (60%) had resistance to the empirical antibiotic used in our ICU, highlighting the need for antibiogram for each ICU. Thirty six percent of patient had prior antibiotic use and had mainly gram negative organisms with high resistance to commonly used antibiotics.

Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: M Mahendra BS Jayaraj KS Lokesh SK Chaya Vivek Vardhan Veerapaneni Sneha Limaye Raja Dhar Rajesh Swarnakar Shrikant Ambalkar PA Mahesh Source Type: research