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Use of nares swab to de-escalate vancomycin for patients with suspected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

INTRODUCTION: According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 30%–50% of antibiotic use in hospitals is unnecessary or inappropriate. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic further complicates antibiotic use leading to greater initiation of empiric antibiotics. The result is antibiotic...

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Autores principales: Gentges, Joshua, El-Kouri, Nadeem, Rahman, Tashrique, Mushtaq, Nasir, Hudson, Ed, Scheck, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38028911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.444