Multifaceted intervention to optimize antibiotic use for intra-abdominal infections

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1226-1229

  Popovski, Zagorka ^a,b   Mercuri, Mathew ^c,d   Main, Cheryl ^a,d   Sne, Niv ^a,d   Walsh, Kate ^a,e   Sung, Melani ^a,d   Rice, Timothy ^d   Mertz, Dominik ^a,d,f  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b London Health Sciences   (Canada)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Culture; Fluoroquinolones; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANADA; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84926430356     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku498     Document Type: Article

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