Improved susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria in an intensive care unit following implementation of a computerized antibiotic decision support system | Zendy

Michelle K. Yong | Zendy; Kirsty Buising | Zendy; Allen C. Cheng | Zendy; Karin Thursky | Zendy

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Improved susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria in an intensive care unit following implementation of a computerized antibiotic decision support system

Author(s) -

Michelle K. Yong,

Kirsty Buising,

Allen C. Cheng,

Karin Thursky

Publication year - 2010

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/dkq058

Subject(s) - antibiotics , gram negative bacteria , gram , intensive care unit , medicine , bacteria , gram positive bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care , intensive care medicine , biology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , genetics , gene

Emergence of multiresistant Gram-negative organisms in intensive care units (ICUs) throughout the world is a concerning problem. Therefore we undertook a study to follow the resistance patterns of the most common clinically isolated Gram-negative organisms within our ICU following an antibiotic stewardship intervention to evaluate whether a reduction in broad-spectrum antibiotics improves local antibiotic resistance patterns.

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