Evaluating antibiotic stewardship programs in patients with bacteremia using administrative data: a cohort study

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1475-1484

  Boel, J ^a,b,c   Sogaard M ^d   Andreasen, V ^b   Jarlov J O ^a   Arpi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATASETS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84931564755     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2378-x     Document Type: Article

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