staphylococcus aureus bacteremia community-acquired pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: one of the two indicator diseases (S. aureus bacteremia [SAB], outpatient acquired pneumonia [CAP])
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Existence of incomplete data regarding indicator diseases. Regarding CAP: no new/admitted infiltrate, younger 18 years, neutropenia (20mg prednisone equivalent), recent organ transplant, recent autologous/allogeneic stem cell transplant, HIV infection (viral load>20Cop/ml), symptom onset >48 hours after hospitalisation, hospitalisation within 30 days prior to presentation to physician, pneumonia diagnosis >48 hours after endotracheal intubation, COVID-19 infection, patient in psychiatric care. Regarding SAB: younger 18 years, proven s.aureus bacteraemia, patient in psychiatric care, palliative therapy concept, deceased within 48 hours after hospitalisation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Infectiological quality of care as well as antibiotic prescription quality and density of prescriptions were assessed as SAB-Score (5 items, 1 point each) and CAP-Score (4 items, 1 point each) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient-related: hospital mortality, length of hospital stay, readmission within 4 weeks, C. difficile incidence, anti-infective costs, microbiological/virological diagnostic costs; hospital-related: Antibiotics prescription quality and density, total cost calculation | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Abteilung InfektiologieKlinik für Innere Medizin IIDepartment Innere MedizinUniversitätsklinikum Freiburg