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Variability in Antifungal and Antiviral Use in Hospitalized Children

Author(s) -

Jennifer Goldman,

Rachael Ross,

Brian Lee,

Jason G. Newland,

Adam L. Hersh,

Matthew P. Kronman,

Jeffrey S. Gerber

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

infection control and hospital epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1559-6834

pISSN - 0899-823X

DOI - 10.1017/ice.2017.40

Subject(s) - antifungal , antimicrobial stewardship , antimicrobial , medicine , benchmarking , intensive care medicine , stewardship (theology) , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , business , dermatology , marketing , politics , political science , law

We analyzed antifungal and antiviral prescribing among high-risk children across freestanding children's hospitals. Antifungal and antiviral days of therapy varied across hospitals. Benchmarking antifungal and antiviral use and developing antimicrobial stewardship strategies to optimize use of these high cost agents is needed. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:743-746.

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