Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), Hines Jr. Veterans' Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois.
Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Mar;44(3):494-496. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.516. Epub 2022 Feb 21.
Among 108 (0.05% of cohort) US veterans with a infection (CDI) within 30 days of a dental antibiotic prescription, 80% of patients received guideline-discordant antibiotics. Half had chronic gastrointestinal illness potentially exacerbating their CDI risk. More efforts are needed to improve antibiotic stewardship.
在 108 名(队列的 0.05%)美国退伍军人中,有 108 名(队列的 0.05%)在接受牙科抗生素处方后 30 天内发生了 感染(CDI),其中 80%的患者接受了与指南不符的抗生素治疗。这些患者中有一半患有慢性胃肠道疾病,可能使他们的 CDI 风险恶化。需要进一步努力改善抗生素管理。