Double trouble: How big a problem is redundant anaerobic antibiotic coverage in veterans affairs medical centres?

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1537-1539

  Huttner, Benedikt ^a,b   Jones, Makoto ^a,b   Rubin, Michael A ^a,b   Madaras Kelly, Karl ^c,d   Nielson, Christopher ^e   Goetz, Matthew Bidwell ^f,g   Neuhauser, Melinda M ^h   Samore, Matthew H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Antibiotic stewardship; Inappropriate antibiotic use; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861168068     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks074     Document Type: Article

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