Antibiotic stewardship and Clostridium difficile-associated disease

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1096-1097

  Nuila, Franziska ^b   Cadle, Richard M ^b   Logan, Nancy ^b   Musher, Daniel M ^a   Darouiche, Rabih O ^b   Hamill, Richard J ^b   Rodriguez Barradas, Maria ^b   Trautner, Barbara ^b   Young, Edward J ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG FORMULARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRESCRIPTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 54949119632     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591450     Document Type: Letter

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