Table 2 Isolated bacteria by intervention group
From: Intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch therapy: a cross-sectional study in critical care units
No oral switch (n = 238) | Oral switch (n = 111) | All (n = 349) | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Negative | 129 | 54% | 76 | 69% | 205 | 59% | 0.024 |
Gram-negative | 72 | 30% | 17 | 15% | 0.027 | ||
Enterobacter spp. | 23 | 10% | 4 | 4% | 16 | 5% | 0.139 |
Multisusceptible | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||||
ESBL-producing | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||
Escherichia coli | 14 | 6% | 4 | 4% | 18 | 5% | 0.531 |
Multisusceptible | 14 | 4 | 18 | ||||
Klebsiella spp. | 12 | 5% | 3 | 3% | 15 | 4% | 0.468 |
Multisusceptible | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Carbapenemase-producing | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 11 | 5% | 2 | 2% | 13 | 4% | 0.332 |
Multisusceptible | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||||
Serratia spp. | 6 | 3% | 1 | 1% | 7 | 2% | 0.449 |
Multisusceptible | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Acinetobacter baumannii | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 1 | 0% | – |
Proteus spp. | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 0.433 |
Multisusceptible | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 2 | ||
Burkholderia cepacia | 2 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1% | – |
Aeromonas hydrophila | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 0.433 |
Citrobacter spp. | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | – |
Haemophilus spp. | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0.433 |
Gram-positive | 26 | 11% | 15 | 14% | 0.027 | ||
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 0.433 |
Listeria monocytogenes | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | – |
CN Staphylococcus | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 1 | 0% | 0.433 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 14 | 6% | 6 | 5% | 20 | 6% | 0.372 |
MSSA | 5 | 2% | 3 | 3% | 8 | 2% | |
MRSA | 9 | 4% | 3 | 3% | 12 | 3% | |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 4 | 2% | 4 | 4% | 8 | 2% | 0.097 |
Enterococcus spp. | 4 | 2% | 1 | 1% | 4 | 1% | 0.403 |
Streptococcus spp. | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 0.433 |
Others | |||||||
Pneumocystis jirovecii | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 1 | 0% | – |
Candida albicans | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | – |
Polymicrobial | 2 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1% | – |
Total | 238 | 100% | 110 | 100% | 348 | ||