Abstract
We aimed to determine whether the results of surveillance cultures were associated with use of appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy among patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections. We found that surveillance status was not associated with appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy (P =.36). There were significant delays to concordant therapy among surveillance-positive patients (P =.03).
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1455-1457 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
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Do results of surveillance cultures impact the choice of empirical antibiotics among patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections? / Rosa, Rossana; Castro, Jose G; Latibeaudiere, Rachel; Namias, Nicholas; Munoz-Price, Luisa.
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AU - Munoz-Price, Luisa
PY - 2015
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