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1529. Suprapubic Catheter Placement Improves Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Veterans Affairs Long-term Care Facility

BACKGROUND: It is unknown if suprapubic catheters (SCs) offer benefit over indwelling urethral catheters (IUCs) in incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and catheter-associated infection (CAUTI), or subsequent antibiotic exposure. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of unique patients...

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Autores principales: Buehrle, Deanna J, Clancy, Cornelius J, Decker, Brooke K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254238/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1358