Effectiveness of an antimicrobial stewardship approach for urinary catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1120-1127

  Trautner, Barbara W ^a,b   Grigoryan, Larissa ^b   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,b   Hysong, Sylvia ^a,b   Cadena, Jose ^c,d   Patterson, Jan E ^c,d   Naik, Aanand D ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CATHETER; URINE CULTURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; VETERANS;

EID: 84937469212     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1878     Document Type: Article

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