Antibiotic spectrum index
From IDWiki
- Measures the spectrum of an antibiotic, with a range from 0 to 14
- One point for activity against each of the following:
- Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE)
- Escherichia coli and Klebsiella
- AmpC producers
- Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) E. coli/Klebsiella
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Penicillin-resistant pneumococcus (PRP)
- Moraxella and Haemophilus influenzae
- Mycoplasma and Chlamydophila
- Anaerobes (1 point; 2 points for Bacteriodes fragilis)
Further Reading
- Development and Application of an Antibiotic Spectrum Index for Benchmarking Antibiotic Selection Patterns Across Hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017;38(8):993-997. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.94.
