Journal of Pharmacovigilance

Hèctor Perpiñán

Publications

• Research Letter
  Bayesian Approach to Urinary ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli
  Author(s): osé Miguel Sahuquillo-Arce, Hèctor Perpiñán, Carmen Armero, Antonio López-Quílez, María Selva and Francisco Gonzálezosé Miguel Sahuquillo-Arce, Hèctor Perpiñán, Carmen Armero, Antonio López-Quílez, María Selva and Francisco González
  
  This is a retrospective study about the prevalence of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (EEC) in urinary specimens from patients from the Comunitat Valenciana from January 2007 to December 2008. Data were retrieved from RedMIVA, and Bayesian generalized linear mixed models were considered to study the prevalence of EEC with regard to demographical and microbiological factors. The total number of infections considered was 164,502, the amount of urinary isolates was 70,827 belonging to 49,304 different patients, and 5,161 (7.3%) of the urinary isolates were EEC. Three out of four E. coli were isolated in women (76.8%), men showed higher rates of EEC (9.7% in men vs. 6.5% in women). EEC patients were, in average, 10.8 years older, and hospitalization was more frequent (9.9% vs. 6.9%). Resistance to non-β-lactams antimicrobials was higher in EEC. The r.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6887.1000133

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