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A Controlled Quasi-Experimental Study of an Educational Intervention to Reduce the Unnecessary Use of Antimicrobials For Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) should only be treated in cases of pregnancy or in-patients undergoing urologic procedures; however, unnecessary treatment of ABU is common in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for unnecessary treatment and to assess the impact of an ed...

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Autores principales: Irfan, Neal, Brooks, Annie, Mithoowani, Siraj, Celetti, Steve J., Main, Cheryl, Mertz, Dominik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26182348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132071