Radical reduction of cephalosporin use at a tertiary hospital after educational antibiotic intervention during an outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae | Zendy

Thomas Tängdén | Zendy; BrittMarie Eriksson | Zendy; Åsa Melhus | Zendy; Bodil Svennblad | Zendy; Otto Cars | Zendy

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Radical reduction of cephalosporin use at a tertiary hospital after educational antibiotic intervention during an outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Author(s) -

Thomas Tängdén,

BrittMarie Eriksson,

Åsa Melhus,

Bodil Svennblad,

Otto Cars

Publication year - 2011

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/dkr053

Subject(s) - cephalosporin , medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , tazobactam , piperacillin , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , carbapenem , outbreak , piperacillin/tazobactam , pseudomonas aeruginosa , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , escherichia coli , biology , imipenem , virology , bacteria , genetics , gene , biochemistry

During an outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at our hospital, we performed an educational antibiotic intervention aimed at reducing prescriptions of second- and third-generation cephalosporins and preventing increased use of fluoroquinolones and carbapenems. In this report, we describe the implementation strategy used and evaluate the intervention effect according to Cochrane recommendations.

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