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2239. Evaluating the Use of Cefuroxime for the Treatment of Outpatient Pyelonephritis at an Indian Health Service Hospital

BACKGROUND: In 2015, a rural Indian Health Service Hospital found itself unable to use SMX/TMP due to high E. coli resistance rates. The stewardship team decided to include cefuroxime as a first line agent for outpatient pyelonephritis to have a fluoroquinolone sparing agent. Oral B-lactams are not...

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Autor principal: Gopalakrishnan, Vaishnavi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9752678/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1857