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1025. Inappropriate Aztreonam Usage – Antimicrobial Stewardship Strikes Back

BACKGROUND: Several studies have demonstrated that patients with reportedly β-lactam allergies (BLA) receive less efficacious and more toxic alternative antibiotics. A previous study at our institution utilizing aztreonam as a surrogate marker for BLA demonstrated nearly 50% of patients receiving az...

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Autores principales: Smith, Brandon J, Batykefer, Bridget, Andrzejewski, Christina, Yassin, Mohamed, Arbulu, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811010/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.889