Antimicrobial stewardship stabilizes resistance patterns in a behavioral health setting

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 457-460

  Freedman, Kenneth ^a,b   Kolluri, Bharat ^c   Neudecker, Laurie ^d  

^a LEMUEL SHATTUCK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^d Young Adult Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONNECTICUT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUINOLONES;

EID: 34548860123     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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