Association of Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection Rates and Antibiotic Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, 2006–2012: An Ecologic Analysis

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the association between facility-level rates of hospital-onset CDI (HO-CDI) and inpatient antibiotic use (AU) in a large group of U.S. acute care hospitals over a 7-year period. METHODS: We used adult discharge and antibiotic use data from 552 acute care hospitals...

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Autores principales: Kazakova, Sophia, Baggs, James, McDonald, Lawrence, Yi, Sarah, Hatfield, Kelly, Guh, Alice, Reddy, Sujan, Jernigan, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632285/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.171

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632285/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.171

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