A cross-sectional study of blood cultures and antibiotic use in patients admitted from the Emergency Department: missed opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship

BACKGROUND: Early review of antimicrobial prescribing decisions within 48 h is recommended to reduce the overall use of unnecessary antibiotics, and in particular the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. When parenteral antibiotics are used, blood culture results provide valuable information to help d...

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Autores principales: Shallcross, Laura J., Freemantle, Nick, Nisar, Shasta, Ray, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1515-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1515-1

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