Modified guidelines impact on antibiotic use and costs: duration of treatment for pneumonia in a neurosurgical ICU is reduced | Zendy

Elisabeth Meyer | Zendy; Juergen Buttler | Zendy; Christian Schneider | Zendy; Egid Strehl | Zendy; B. Schroeren-Boersch | Zendy; Petra Gastmeier | Zendy; H. Rüden | Zendy; Josef Zentner | Zendy; Franz Daschner | Zendy; Frank Schwab | Zendy

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Modified guidelines impact on antibiotic use and costs: duration of treatment for pneumonia in a neurosurgical ICU is reduced

Author(s) -

Elisabeth Meyer,

Juergen Buttler,

Christian Schneider,

Egid Strehl,

B. Schroeren-Boersch,

Petra Gastmeier,

H. Rüden,

Josef Zentner,

Franz Daschner,

Frank Schwab

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm088

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , pneumonia , cephalosporin , intensive care unit , interrupted time series analysis , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , statistics , mathematics , biology

To evaluate the impact of an intervention to reduce the duration of antibiotic treatment for pneumonia in a neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU). The usage of antibiotics and the resultant costs were examined using interrupted time series analysis while resistance and device-associated infection rates are also described.

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