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Unnecessary use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in hospitalized patients
BACKGROUND: Fluoroquinolones are among the most commonly prescribed antimicrobials and are an important risk factor for colonization and infection with fluoroquinolone-resistant gram-negative bacilli and for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). In this study, our aim was to determine current patte...
Autores principales: | Werner, Nicole L, Hecker, Michelle T, Sethi, Ajay K, Donskey, Curtis J |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21729289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-187 |
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