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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 May 8;39(7):797–805. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.96

TABLE 2.

Spearman Correlation Coefficient Between Hospital Antibiotic Use, Days of Significant Illness, and Mortality

Variable Antipseudomonal Antibioticsa P Value Gram-Positive Antibioticsb P Value Carbapenems P Value
30-day mortality 0.167 .410 −0.095 .640 0.149 .460
Days of significant illness −0.396 .040 0.467 .014 −0.097 .630
a

Anti-pseudomonal antibiotics: cephalosporins (cefepime, ceftazidime), penicillins (piperacillin-tazobactam, ticarcillin-clauvulanate), and carbapenems (meropenem, imipenem-cilastin, ertapenem, and doripenem).

b

Vancomycin, linezolid, and daptomycin.