Another setting for stewardship: High rate of unnecessary antimicrobial use in a veterans affairs long-term care facility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 289-290

  Peron, Emily P ^a   Hirsch, Amy A ^b   Jury, Lucy A ^b   Jump, Robin L P ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DRUG USE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VETERANS;

EID: 84873949243     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12099     Document Type: Letter

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