Table 4:

Rate of antimicrobial use to treat multidrug-resistant organisms, by region

Multidrug-resistant organismRegion; no. (%) of patients treated for multidrug-resistant organisms*
Total
n = 1470
Region
West
n = 535
Central
n = 716
Atlantic
n = 219
MRSA82 (5.6)51 (9.5)30 (4.2)1 (0.5)
MRCoNS33 (2.2)12 (2.2)18 (2.5)3 (1.4)
VRE10 (0.7)4 (0.7)6 (0.8)0
ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae41 (2.8)22 (4.1)11 (1.5)8 (3.7)
3-ceph60 (4.1)26 (4.9)19 (2.7)15 (6.8)
CRE5 (0.3)5 (0.9)00
ESBL-NF22 (1.5)12 (2.2)9 (1.3)1 (0.5)
CR-NF25 (1.7)9 (1.7)13 (1.8)3 (1.4)
Other multidrug-resistant organism75 (5.1)45 (8.4)24 (3.4)6 (2.7)
  • Note: 3-ceph = third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales, CRE = carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, CR-NF = carbapenem-resistant nonfermenter Gram-negative bacilli, ESBL = extended-spectrum β-lactamase, ESBL-NF = ESBL-producing nonfermenter gram-negative bacilli, MRCoNS = methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci, MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, VRE = vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

  • * The denominator for the percentages in this table is the number of patients receiving antimicrobials for targeted use.