Canadian Respiratory Journal / 2018 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Impact of Nasopharyngeal FilmArray Respiratory Panel Results on Antimicrobial Decisions in Hospitalized Patients Table 2 Common antimicrobial regimens utilized to initiate (groups B and C), discontinue (group B), or escalate (group C) therapy in patients with positive (+) or negative (−) NP-FARP.
Group (+) B Antibiotics started 59 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam + atypical pathogen coverage 19 Atypical respiratory pathogen 14 β -lactam + atypical pathogen coverage 10 Antibiotics discontinued 59 Atypical respiratory pathogen 16 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam 14 β -lactam 9 Anti-MRSA 6 Group (−) B Antibiotics started 147 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam + atypical pathogen coverage 54 β -lactam + atypical pathogen coverage 29 β -lactam 27 Antibiotics discontinued 147 β -lactam 43 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam 43 Anti-MRSA 20 Group (+) C Antibiotics started 56 Atypical pathogen coverage 18 β -lactam 11 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam + atypical pathogen coverage 8 Antibiotics escalated 11 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam 2 β -lactam 2 Atypical pathogen coverage 2 Group (−) C Antibiotics started 171 Atypical pathogen coverage 49 β -lactam 27 β -lactam + atypical pathogen coverage 23 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam + atypical pathogen coverage 20 Anti-MRSA + β -lactam 18 Antibiotics escalated 42 Atypical pathogen coverage 12 β -lactam 11 Anti-MRSA 5
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus .