Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Bacteria in a Swiss Tertiary Care Hospital

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland100 enrolled

Overview

This retrospective and prospective study is to investigate the incidence of Carbapenemase-producing bacteria (CPB) at the University Hospital Basel, the time to detection of CPB and to initiation of infection control measures, the risk factors associated with carriage of CPB, type and duration of previously administrated antibiotic medication, antibiotic treatment, as well as to assess the outcomes of the affected patients.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Infections With CPB

Interventions

data collection for demographic dataOTHER

data collection for demographic data (age, gender, hospital admission and discharge date, length of stay, hospitalization prior to current hospital stay (acute care facilities, long-term healthcare centres, nursing homes), discharge destination, outcome, cause of death, travel history, previous exposure to antibiotics and proton pump Inhibitors)

data collection for clinical dataOTHER

data collection for clinical data (comorbidities, Charlson Comorbidity Index, immunosuppressive treatment, date of diagnosis of CPB, days between hospital admission and diagnosis of CPB, type of consecutive infection, indwelling vascular hardware, urinary catheterization, surgical therapies)

data collection for treatment dataOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with detection of carbapenemase-producing bacteria from January 1st , 2008 until December 31st , 2028 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with documented refusal of subsequent use of their data

Locations (1)

Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology

Basel, Switzerland

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