Antimicrobial stewardship programs that target only high-cost, broad-spectrum antimicrobials miss opportunities to reduce Clostridium difficile infections

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• 作者：Christine Bui ; PharmD^a ; Elizabeth Zhu ; PharmD^a ; Monica A. Donnelley ; PharmD^a ; Machelle D. Wilson ; PhD^b ; Margaret Morita ; BS^c ; Stuart H. Cohen ; MD^d ; Jennifer Brown ; MD^d ; ^{jzbrown@ucdavis.edu}
• 关键词：Antimicrobial stewardship ; Clostridium difficile
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：12
• 页码：1684-1686
• 全文大小：332 K
• 卷排序：44

文摘

Most patients who developed Clostridium difficile infection received antimicrobials not audited by the antimicrobial stewardship program. Inappropriate antimicrobial use commonly involved nonaudited antimicrobials. Antimicrobial stewardship programs that focus only on high-cost antimicrobials miss opportunities to reduce Clostridium difficile infections.