Choosing Antibiotics for Intra-Abdominal Infections: What Do We Mean by “High Risk”?

摘要: Abstract Background: The definition of “high risk” in intra-abdominal infections remains vague. purpose this study was to investigate patient characteristics associated with a high risk isolation resistant pathogens from an source. Methods: All complicated and abdominal organ/space surgical site treated over ten-year period single hospital were analyzed. Infections categorized by pathogen(s). Organisms designated “resistant” those that had reasonable probability being the broad-spectrum agents imipenem/cilastatin piperacillin/tazobactam, included non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli (e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa), gram-positive pathogens, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, fungi. Patient analyzed define associations pathogens. Results: A total 2,049 during study, which 1,...