Impact of guidelines and enhanced antibiotic stewardship on reducing broad-spectrum antibiotic usage and its effect on incidence of Clostridium difficile infection | Zendy

M. Talpaert | Zendy; G. Gopal Rao | Zendy; Ben S. Cooper | Zendy; Paul Wade | Zendy

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Impact of guidelines and enhanced antibiotic stewardship on reducing broad-spectrum antibiotic usage and its effect on incidence of Clostridium difficile infection

Author(s) -

M. Talpaert,

G. Gopal Rao,

Ben S. Cooper,

Paul Wade

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/dkr253

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , amoxicillin , nitrofurantoin , clindamycin , antibiotics , moxifloxacin , antimicrobial stewardship , incidence (geometry) , rate ratio , metronidazole , penicillin , confidence interval , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics , biology

To evaluate the impact of an 'intervention' consisting of revised antibiotic guidelines for empirical treatment of common infections and enhanced stewardship on reducing broad-spectrum antibiotic usage and its effect on incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).

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