The role of antimicrobial stewardship in the clinical microbiology laboratory: Stepping up to the plate

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  MacVane, Shawn H ^a   Hurst, John M ^b   Steed, Lisa L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b St Anthony Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Collaboration; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

CEFTAROLINE; FOSFOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84996524332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw201     Document Type: Article

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