Impact of education and an antifungal stewardship program for candidiasis at a thai tertiary care center

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 722-727

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Yatrasert, Apiwat ^a   Mundy, Linda M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Borow Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POLYENE; VORICONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROL STRATEGY; COST CONTROL; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; THAILAND;

EID: 77953862160     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653616     Document Type: Article

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