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Frequent Prescription of Antibiotics and High Burden of Antibiotic Resistance among Deceased Patients in General Medical Wards of Acute Care Hospitals in Korea

BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are often administered to terminally ill patients until death, and antibiotic use contributes to the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). We investigated antibiotic use and the isolation of MDROs among patients who died in general medical wards. METHODS: All ad...

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Autores principales: Kwak, Yee Gyung, Moon, Chisook, Kim, Eu Suk, Kim, Baek-Nam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26761461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146852

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