Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2023
Identifier
DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac128; PMCID: PMC9806600
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 to compare changes in resistance over time for the four patient care groups.
Results: The trends in resistance rates to clinically relevant antibiotics were influenced by age and care setting. For example, ertapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae isolates from children overall increased significantly compared with adults (0.7% to 9.8%, 2.1% to 2.8%, P = 0.00013) and isolates from children in paediatric facilities increased significantly compared with facilities treating adults and children (0.1% to 27.1%, 0.9% to 3.8%, P = 0.0002).
Conclusions: Large-scale analysis of EHR data from 166 facilities shows that AR patterns for some bug-drug combinations vary by care setting and patient age. We describe novel data visualizations to interpret large-scale EHR data on the prevalence and trends of AR that should influence antimicrobial prescribing and antimicrobial stewardship programme interventions.
Journal Title
JAC Antimicrob Resist
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
128
Last Page
128
Recommended Citation
Sivasankar S, Goldman JL, Hoffman MA. Variation in antibiotic resistance patterns for children and adults treated at 166 non-affiliated US facilities using EHR data. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2023;5(1):dlac128. Published 2023 Jan 2. doi:10.1093/jacamr/dlac128
Comments
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher's Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac128