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Table 2 Details of ertapenem therapy

From: Evaluation of Ertapenem use with Impact Assessment on Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL) Production and Gram-Negative resistance in Singapore General Hospital (SGH)

 

No. of Cases (%)

Indication for ertapenem use

 

  Empiric

120 (13.2)

  Prophylaxis

7 (0.7)

  Culture-directed

779 (86.0)

Dose distribution

 

  500 milligrams once daily

149 (16.5)

  1 gram every other day

16 (1.8)

  1 gram once daily

730 (80.6)

  1 gram stat

6 (0.6)

  Others^

5 (0.5)

Median duration of therapy (days) (range)

8 (1 – 75)

Prescribed as outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT#)

185 (20.4)

Other antibiotic use in the same admission

 

  Concurrent antibiotic therapy

566 (62.5)

  Previous antibiotic therapy

778 (85.9)

  Previous beta-lactam use *

754 (83.3)

  1. ^Others includes 250 milligrams once daily, 1 gram three times a week.#These patients only include those that continue OPAT from hospitalization.*Examples of beta-lactams include amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ceftriaxone, cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam.