From: ICU-acquired infections on a patient-to-patient antibiotic rotation policy in ICU
EPIC | HUC- | HUC- | |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | 2000 | ||
Rate infections | |||
For pseudomonas aeruginosa | 28% | 6% | 9% |
For acinetobacter | 9% | 0.6% | 0% |
For fungi | 17% | 7% | 10% |
Rate resistance of pseudomonas | |||
To gentamicin | 46% | 37% | 25% |
To ureidopenicillin | 37% | 37% | 0% |
To ceftazidime | 27% | 25% | 0% |
To ciprofloxacin | 26% | 4% | 10% |
To imipenem | 21% | 17% | 10% |
Rate resistance | |||
Of staphylococci aureus to | 60% | 4% | 30% |
methicillin | |||
Of coagulase-negative | 70% | 91% | 88% |
staphylococci to methicillin | |||
Of coagulase-negative | 3% | 0% | 0% |
staphylococci to vancomycin | |||
Of coagulase-negative | 66% | 69% | 42% |
staphylococci to gentamicin |