Considerations About Antimicrobial Stewardship in Settings with Epidemic Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing or Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-83

  Viale, Pierluigi ^a   Giannella, Maddalena ^a   Bartoletti, Michele ^a   Tedeschi, Sara ^a   Lewis, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Extended spectrum lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae; Infection control; Rapid diagnostics; Selective digestive decolonization

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AVIBACTAM PLUS CEFTAZIDIME; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTOLOZANE PLUS TAZOBACTAM; CEPHALOSPORIN; COLISTIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TIGECYCLINE; VABORBACTAM;

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG INFECTION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84977110874     PISSN: 21938229     EISSN: 21936382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40121-015-0081-y     Document Type: Review

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