Ten-year trends in antibiotic usage at a tertiary care hospital in Korea, 2004 to 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

This study was performed to evaluate trends in antibiotic usage at a tertiary care hospital in Korea.

Methods

This study collated antibiotic prescription data and total patient days for inpatients at a tertiary care hospital in Korea between 2004 and 2013. The consumption of each class of antibiotic was converted to defined daily dose (DDD)/1,000 patient-days. We defined 3rd generation cephalosporins, 4th generation cephalosporins, β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitors, and fluoroquinolones as broad-spectrum antibiotics; carbapenems, tigecycline, glycopeptides, oxazolidinone, and polymyxin were defined as antibiotics against multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. Other antibiotic classes were defined as nonbroad-spectrum antibiotics.

Results

Mean antibiotic co

SUBMITTER: Kim B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7214379 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature