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Rigorous antibiotic stewardship in the hospitalized elderly population: saving lives and decreasing cost of inpatient care

BACKGROUND: There is limited literature evaluating the effect of antibiotic stewardship programmes (ASPs) in hospitalized geriatric patients, who are at higher risk for readmissions, developing Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) or other adverse outcomes secondary to antibiotic treatments. MET...

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Autores principales: Mauro, James, Kannangara, Saman, Peterson, Joanne, Livert, David, Tuma, Roman A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8360295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34396124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlab118