Table 4.
Antimicrobial changes
| Adults (n = 103) |
Pediatric (n = 36) |
Total n = 139 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Tests with antimicrobial changes within 2 days, no (%) | 39 (38) | 13 (36) | 52 (37) |
| Escalations | 24 (63) | 4 (31) | 28 (54) |
| De-escalations | 16 (41) | 7 (54) | 23 (44) |
| Antimicrobial selection | 1 (3) | 2 (15) | 24 (46) |
| Antimicrobial change in immunocompromised patients | 25 (64) | 6 (46) | 31 (60) |
| Tests with antimicrobial changes due to NGS, no. (%) | 13 (13) | 3 (8) | 16 (12) |
| Escalations | 8 (62) | 1 (33) | 9 (56) |
| De-escalations | 5 (39) | 2 (67) | 7 (44) |
| Antimicrobial change in immunocompromised patients | 1 (8) | 2 (67) | 14 (88) |