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239. Outcomes Associated with Empiric Aztreonam Use Compared to Anti-Pseudomonal β-lactams in Patients with Sepsis: An Opportunity for Allergy Stewardship

BACKGROUND: Aztreonam is often given to patients with a documented β-lactam allergy in lieu of a first-line anti-pseudomonal β-lactam (APBL). However, aztreonam offers no gram positive coverage and data suggest that gram negative organisms have lower susceptibility rates to this antibiotic than to A...

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Autores principales: Jaffa, Rupal K, Pillinger, Kelly E, Medaris, Leigh A, Anderson, William E, Heffner, Alan C, Hammer, John M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776438/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.283