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Table 2 Antibiotic consumption in the septic ward during quarters 1/2013 to 2/2016

From: Management of a cluster of Clostridium difficile infections among patients with osteoarticular infections

 

Antibiotic consumption (DDD/100 hospital bed days)

p a

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Narrow spectrum penicillinsb

8.8

20.8

16.5

26.3

6.8

11.3

8.3

15.0

26.5

19.6

13.0

34.8

35.0

52.0

0.131

Amino penicillin/BLI

7.8

3.2

0.5

1.8

6.4

4.1

15.4

4.3

7.2

10.9

16.7

16.3

10.0

7.2

0.044

Broad spectrum penicillinsc

2.7

1.0

1.6

0.0

2.4

3.4

5.2

2.0

4.5

2.3

8.2

4.5

3.5

5.1

0.046

Cephalosprins 1st and 2nd gen.

12.2

27.2

42.3

32.3

35.5

43.3

23.0

30.5

21.5

32.8

22.2

23.0

14.0

23.5

0.016

Cephalosprins 3rd gen.

2.1

3.2

2.1

2.4

4.1

3.7

0.8

1.5

0.9

0.6

1.7

0.0

1.8

0.0

0.015

Carbapenems

4.8

3.2

5.1

2.7

7.9

3.0

4.9

5.9

3.4

5.0

5.1

10.0

2.4

6.8

0.283

Fluoroquinolones

49.7

35.0

29.7

21.6

32.6

45.1

34.3

32.0

33.6

31.2

26.0

6.6

4.3

10.6

0.006

Clindamycin

9.1

12.1

19.3

0.0

12.3

25.2

19.4

12.6

22.1

15.2

6.8

3.7

4.4

5.1

0.001

Linezolid

2.4

3.2

4.4

2.4

4.0

3.6

3.5

2.0

2.8

7.9

4.8

6.9

8.7

10.1

0.019

Glycopeptide/daptomycin

5.4

5.9

5.7

1.5

6.2

4.5

4.6

3.8

5.1

3.6

4.8

8.9

5.4

13.8

0.143

Rifampicin

18.3

14.1

19.2

0.4

9.7

9.9

0.0

0.0

3.5

10.1

4.5

17.8

12.2

13.9

0.243

Total

125.6

132.3

150.6

106.9

129.7

157.3

122.7

113.1

133.0

141.6

122.1

133.5

103.5

150.2

0.348

  1. aComparision of average antibiotic consumption before (Q1/213-Q2/2015) and after (Q3/2105-Q2/2016) implementation of an intensified antibiotic stewardship program. bnarrow spectrum penicliins: penicillin G, flucloxacillin, aminopenicillins, c broad spectrum penicillins: piperacillin, piperacillin/tazobactam aminopenicillins