Table 3.
Proportion of patients receiving each of the 10 most common antibacterial spectra
| Overall | Cellulitis and Gangrene |
Cellulitis and Osteomyelitis |
Cellulitis and Ulcer |
Cellulitis Only | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 2248) | (n = 894) | (n = 503) | (n = 644) | (n = 207) | ||||||
| Observed Proportion (Range*) % | ||||||||||
| G + St(res) G-Ps An | 25.8 | (33.9) | 26.7 | (18.3) | 26.2 | (43.8) | 25.8 | (11.0) | 20.8 | (25.1) |
| G + St G-Ps An | 23.2 | (22.0) | 28.0 | (20.3) | 20.9 | (19.9) | 21.0 | (15.8) | 15.0 | (22.0) |
| G + St G-Br An | 14.7 | (45.0) | 14.3 | (37.3) | 13.9 | (37.0) | 15.2 | (18.9) | 16.4 | (28.6) |
| G + St(res) G-Ps | 7.8 | (5.5) | 6.8 | (5.6) | 8.2 | (10.1) | 9.0 | (11.0) | 7.2 | (8.3) |
| G + St(res) | 6.9 | (13.8) | 6.2 | (6.1) | 9.5 | (20.7) | 5.7 | (7.0) | 7.7 | (13.8) |
| G + St G- | 6.1 | (11.7) | 4.4 | (5.4) | 4.4 | (18.2) | 8.1 | (13.4) | 11.6 | (6.2) |
| G + St | 1.9 | (2.2) | 1.9 | (2.9) | 2.0 | (8.4) | 2.2 | (2.5) | 1.0 | ( - ) |
| G + St(res) G-Br An | 1.9 | (1.9) | 1.0 | (9.6) | 2.4 | (7.5) | 1.9 | (8.4) | 4.3 | (11.3) |
| G + St An | 1.8 | (5.1) | 1.9 | (3.5) | 1.0 | (15.6) | 1.7 | (5.2) | 3.4 | (34.5) |
| G + St(res) G-Br | 1.7 | (2.7) | 1.1 | (5.8) | 1.4 | (12.4) | 2.3 | (13.1) | 2.9 | (18.0) |
* Statistic uses shrunken hospital rates (see methods)
( - ) No range
Key: G + St = Methicillin sensitive S. aureus
G + St(res) = Methicillin resistant S. aureus
G- = Narrow spectrum Gram negative
G-Br = Broad spectrum Gram negative
G-Ps = Broad spectrum Gram negative including Ps. aeruginosa
An = Specific anaerobic agents (clindamycin or metronidazole)