A global point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use in neonatal intensive care units : The no-more-antibiotics and resistance (NO-MAS-R) study

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BACKGROUND: Global assessment of antimicrobial agents prescribed to infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may inform antimicrobial stewardship efforts.

METHODS: We conducted a one-day global point prevalence study of all antimicrobials provided to NICU infants. Demographic, clinical, and microbiologic data were obtained including NICU level, census, birth weight, gestational/chronologic age, diagnoses, antimicrobial therapy (reason for use; length of therapy), antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP), and 30-day in-hospital mortality.

FINDINGS: On July 1, 2019, 26% of infants (580/2,265; range, 0-100%; median gestational age, 33 weeks; median birth weight, 1800 g) in 84 NICUs (51, high-income; 33, low-to-middle income) from 29 countries (14, high-income; 15, low-to-middle income) in five continents received ≥1 antimicrobial agent (92%, antibacterial; 19%, antifungal; 4%, antiviral). The most common reasons for antibiotic therapy were "rule-out" sepsis (32%) and "culture-negative" sepsis (16%) with ampicillin (40%), gentamicin (35%), amikacin (19%), vancomycin (15%), and meropenem (9%) used most frequently. For definitive treatment of presumed/confirmed infection, vancomycin (26%), amikacin (20%), and meropenem (16%) were the most prescribed agents. Length of therapy for culture-positive and "culture-negative" infections was 12 days (median; IQR, 8-14) and 7 days (median; IQR, 5-10), respectively. Mortality was 6% (42%, infection-related). An NICU ASP was associated with lower rate of antibiotic utilization (p = 0·02).

INTERPRETATION: Global NICU antibiotic use was frequent and prolonged regardless of culture results. NICU-specific ASPs were associated with lower antibiotic utilization rates, suggesting the need for their implementation worldwide.

FUNDING: Merck & Co.; The Ohio State University College of Medicine Barnes Medical Student Research Scholarship.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

EClinicalMedicine - 32(2021) vom: 19. Feb., Seite 100727

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Prusakov, Pavel [VerfasserIn]
Goff, Debra A [VerfasserIn]
Wozniak, Phillip S [VerfasserIn]
Cassim, Azraa [VerfasserIn]
Scipion, Catherine E A [VerfasserIn]
Urzúa, Soledad [VerfasserIn]
Ronchi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Lingkong [VerfasserIn]
Ladipo-Ajayi, Oluwaseun [VerfasserIn]
Aviles-Otero, Noelia [VerfasserIn]
Udeigwe-Okeke, Chisom R [VerfasserIn]
Melamed, Rimma [VerfasserIn]
Silveira, Rita C [VerfasserIn]
Auriti, Cinzia [VerfasserIn]
Beltrán-Arroyave, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Zamora-Flores, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez-Codez, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Donkor, Eric S [VerfasserIn]
Kekomäki, Satu [VerfasserIn]
Mainini, Nicoletta [VerfasserIn]
Trochez, Rosalba Vivas [VerfasserIn]
Casey, Jamalyn [VerfasserIn]
Graus, Juan M [VerfasserIn]
Muller, Mallory [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Loeffen, Yvette [VerfasserIn]
Pérez, María Eulalia Tamayo [VerfasserIn]
Ferreyra, Gloria Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Lima-Rogel, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Perrone, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Izquierdo, Giannina [VerfasserIn]
Cernada, María [VerfasserIn]
Stoffella, Sylvia [VerfasserIn]
Ekenze, Sebastian Okwuchukwu [VerfasserIn]
de Alba-Romero, Concepción [VerfasserIn]
Tzialla, Chryssoula [VerfasserIn]
Pham, Jennifer T [VerfasserIn]
Hosoi, Kenichiro [VerfasserIn]
Consuegra, Magdalena Cecilia Calero [VerfasserIn]
Betta, Pasqua [VerfasserIn]
Hoyos, O Alvaro [VerfasserIn]
Roilides, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Naranjo-Zuñiga, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Oshiro, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Garay, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Mondì, Vito [VerfasserIn]
Mazzeo, Danila [VerfasserIn]
Stahl, James A [VerfasserIn]
Cantey, Joseph B [VerfasserIn]
Monsalve, Juan Gonzalo Mesa [VerfasserIn]
Normann, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Landgrave, Lindsay C [VerfasserIn]
Mazouri, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Avila, Claudia Alarcón [VerfasserIn]
Piersigilli, Fiammetta [VerfasserIn]
Trujillo, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Kolman, Sonya [VerfasserIn]
Delgado, Verónica [VerfasserIn]
Guzman, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Abdellatif, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Monterrosa, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Tina, Lucia Gabriella [VerfasserIn]
Yunis, Khalid [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Marco Antonio Belzu [VerfasserIn]
Saux, Nicole Le [VerfasserIn]
Leonardi, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Porta, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Latorre, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Nakanishi, Hidehiko [VerfasserIn]
Meir, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Manzoni, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Norero, Ximena [VerfasserIn]
Hoyos, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Arias, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez, Rubén García [VerfasserIn]
Medoro, Alexandra K [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez, Pablo J [VerfasserIn]
Global NEO-ASP Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibiotics
Antifungal
Global point prevalence study
Journal Article
Neonatal antimicrobial stewardship
Neonatal infection

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Date Revised 20.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100727

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321146131