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Table 3 Trends in the prescription of antibacterial compounds and for the main resistance phenotypes

From: Intensive care antibiotic consumption and resistance patterns: a cross-correlation analysis

 

Gradient per quarter

Gradient (95% CI)

R 2

p value

Trend

Penicilins*

14.61

(0.85; 28.26)

0.529

0.041

Piperacillin + tazobactam*

10.91

(3.74; 18.08)

0.698

0.010

Ampicillin + enzyme inhibitor

3.27

(− 11.14; 17.67)

0.049

0.599

Amoxicillin + enzyme inhibitor

0.34

(− 1.72; 2.39)

0.026

0.702

Cephalosporins

− 15.95

(− 34.73; 2.82)

0.419

0.083

Ceftriaxone*

− 28.23

(− 47.55; − 8.91)

0.681

0.012

Cefuroxime

3.48

(− 5.60; 12.56)

0.128

0.385

Carbapenems*

13.12

(0.48; 25.75)

0.518

0.044

Imipenem + enzyme inhibitor

1.55

(− 4.57; 7.68)

0.060

0.558

Meropenem*

14.63

(6.25; 23.00)

0.753

0.005

Ertapenem

− 3.06

(− 8.76; 2.63)

0.224

0.237

Fluoroquinolones

− 0.60

(− 7.81; 6.60)

0.007

0.844

Aminoglycosides

1.74

(− 1.96; 5.44)

0.180

0.294

Other*

27.90

(10.37; 45.44)

0.717

0.008

MRSA

0.10

(− 0.96; 1.16)

0.009

0.824

ESBL E. coli

0.12

(− 0.08; 0.33)

0.261

0.196

ESBL K. pneumoniae

− 0.08

(− 1.05; 0.90)

0.006

0.850

ESBL P. mirabilis

− 0.15

(− 0.66; 0.37)

0.074

0.515

Combined-resistant P. aeruginosa*

0.78

(0.27; 1.28)

0.707

0.009

Carbapenem-resistant Ps. aeruginosa*

0.74

(0.21; 1.27)

0.666

0.013

Carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii

− 0.10

(− 0.59; 3.99)

0.039

0.641

  1. * Results where R2 > 0.3 and p ≤ 0.05