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The role of procalcitonin and Clinical Pulmonary for Infection Score (CPIS) score to reduce inappropriate antibiotics use among moderate to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: A quasi-experimental multicenter study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2022

Ornnicha Sathitakorn ,
Siriththin Chansirikarnjana ,
Kittiya Jantarathaneewat Open the ORCID record for Kittiya Jantarathaneewat [Opens in a new window] ,
David J. Weber Open the ORCID record for David J. Weber [Opens in a new window] ,
David K. Warren Open the ORCID record for David K. Warren [Opens in a new window] ,
Piyaporn Apisarnthanarak ,
Pichaya Tantiyavarong Open the ORCID record for Pichaya Tantiyavarong [Opens in a new window]  and
Anucha Apisarnthanarak
Ornnicha Sathitakorn
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Prathum Thani, Thailand
Siriththin Chansirikarnjana
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Lerdsin Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Kittiya Jantarathaneewat
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Thammasat University, Prathum Thani, Thailand Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Piyaporn Apisarnthanarak
Affiliation:
Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Pichaya Tantiyavarong
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Prathum Thani, Thailand
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Prathum Thani, Thailand Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
*
Author for correspondence: Anucha Apisarnthanarak, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this quasi-experimental study, implementing a procalcitonin and Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) successfully reduced inappropriate antibiotic use among severely-to-critically ill COVID-19 patients, multidrug-resistant organisms, and invasive fungal infections during the intervention period in 2 medical centers. However, this strategy did not improve inappropriate antibiotic use among mildly-to-moderately ill COVID-19 patients.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 7 , July 2023 , pp. 1199 - 1203
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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