Variation in antibiotic resistance patterns for children and adults treated at 166 non-affiliated US facilities using EHR data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a global public health threat. Surveillance of baseline AR and trends and emerging resistance among priority bacterial isolates with respect to the age of the patients and the type of healthcare setting are required due to differences in antimicrobial need and use in these populations.

Methods

We performed a retrospective study using deidentified electronic health record (EHR) data in the Cerner Health Facts™ data warehouse. Antibiotic susceptibility data were extracted for all bacterial isolates of interest at 166 non-affiliated healthcare facilities reporting microbiology susceptibility results of the FDA recommended antibiotics between the years 2012 to 2017. We assessed and visualized the slope coefficient from linear regression t

SUBMITTER: Sivasankar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9806600 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature