Selective reporting of antibiotic susceptibility test results in European countries: an ESCMID cross-sectional survey

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 162-166

  Pulcini, Céline ^b,c   Tebano, Gianpiero ^b   Mutters, Nico T ^d   Tacconelli, Evelina ^e,f   Cambau, Emmanuelle ^g,h   Kahlmeter, Gunnar ⁱ   Jarlier, Vincent ^a,j,k   Presterl, Elisabeth ^a   Gurbanov, Akif ^a   Piérard, Denis ^a   Uzunovic, Selma ^a   Vatcheva Dobrevska, Rossitza ^a   Tambic, Arjana ^a   Zemlickova, Helena ^a   Skov, Robert L ^a   Naaber, Paul ^a   Hakanen, Antti ^a   Gatermann, Sören ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^a   Ludwig, Endre ^a   Helgason, Kristján Orri ^a   Schaffer, Kirsten ^a   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a   Sarti, Mario ^a   Raka, Lul ^a   Balode, Arta ^a   Bosevska, Golubinka ^a   Kampinga, Greetje A ^a   Lindemann, Paul Christoffer ^a   Żabicka, Dorota ^a   Alves, Valquíria ^a   Săndulescu, Oana ^a   Sukhorukova, Marina ^a   Matic, Snezana ^a   Niks, Milan ^a   Štrumbelj, Iztok ^a   Martínez Martínez, Luis ^a   Wistedt, Annika ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a   Gür, Deniz ^a   Bamford, Kathleen B ^a   Liashko, Viktor ^a   more..

^a Université de Lorraine ^*  (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f German Center for Research in Infectious Disease (DZIF)   (Germany)

^g HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁱ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^k INSERM   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescription; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic stewardship; Antibiotic susceptibility testing; Questionnaire; Selective reporting

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIVMECILLINAM; SULFAMETHIZOLE; TAZOBACTAM; TEMOCILLIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISPERSITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EUROPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; OUTPATIENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 85009456846     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.11.014     Document Type: Article

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