Impact of a rotating empiric antibiotic schedule on infectious mortality in an intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1101-1108

  Raymond, Daniel P ^a   Pelletier, Shawn J ^a   Crabtree, Traves D ^a   Gleason, Thomas G ^a   Hamm, Lori L ^b   Pruett, Timothy L ^a,b   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antibiotic rotation; Antimicrobial resistance; Infection; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0034979462     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200106000-00001     Document Type: Article

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