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Table 3 Pathogens associated with inadequate empirical therapy

From: Development of antibiotic treatment algorithms based on local ecology and respiratory surveillance cultures to restrict the use of broad-spectrum antimicrobial drugs in the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis

Pathogen

Prescribed therapy

LEBA

SCBA

Acinetobacter baumannii

3

-

1

Escherichia coli

4

-

2

Enterobacter sp.

2

-

-

Klebsiella sp.

-

-

1

MRSA

-

4

3

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

4

3

4

Serratia sp.

2

2

2

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

3

5

2

  1. Results are presented as number. LEBA, local ecology-based algorithm; SCBA, surveillance culture-based algorithm; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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