Effect of interventions by an antimicrobial stewardship team on clinical course and economic outcome in patients with bloodstream infection

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 90-95

  Maeda, Masayuki ^a   Takuma, Takahiro ^a   Seki, Haruka ^a,b   Ugajin, Kazuhisa ^b   Naito, Yuika ^b   Yoshikawa, Masayuki ^b   Yamanaka, Ayumi ^b   Oto, Yuji ^a,b   Minemura, Atsuko ^a,b   Shoji, Hisashi ^a   Ishino, Keiko ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship team; Appropriate therapy; Bloodstream infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84953439919     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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