Diagnosis, trends in adherence to the hospital antibiotic policy and clinical cure on first line treatment, Antrim Area Hospital, January–April 2009
| Diagnosis | CAP | LRTI (n.s.p) | LRTI (undefined) | LRTI (inf. ex. of COPD) | HAP | APCA | UTI | UTI/LRTI | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients (%) | |||||||||
| Frequency of diagnosis | 21 (18.6) | 21 (18.6) | 16 (14.2) | 9 (8.0) | 3 (2.6) | 4 (3.5) | 22 (19.5) | 17 (15.0) | 113 (100) |
| Adherence to the hospital antibiotic policy | |||||||||
| Total number of included patients | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| Adherent | 6 (46.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50.0) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (68.6) |
| Non-adherent | 7 (53.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (31.4) |
| Clinical cure on first-line treatment | |||||||||
| Total number of included patients | 21 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 113 |
| Clinical cure | 12 (57.1) | 13 (61.9) | 12 (75.0) | 5 (55.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (75.0) | 17 (77.3) | 11 (64.7) | 73 (64.6) |
| No clinical cure | 8 (38.1) | 6 (28.5) | 2 (12.5) | 4 (44.4) | 3 (100.0) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (13.6) | 5 (29.4) | 32 (28.3) |
| Stepped up from oral to intravenous | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.8) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.5) | 1 (5.9) | 6 (5.3) |
| Number of deaths | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.8) |
APCA, aspiration pneumonia community-acquired; CAP, community acquired pneumonia; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection-no signs of pneumonia (n.s.p); LRTI-undefined, LRTI (inf. ex. of COPD), LRTI-infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive coronary disease; HAP, hospital acquired pneumonia; UTI, urinary tract infection.