Impact of antibiotic restriction on resistance levels ofEscherichia coli: a controlled interrupted time series study of a hospital-wide antibiotic stewardship programme
Author(s) -
Jonas Bredtoft Boel,
Viggo Andreasen,
Jens Otto Jarløv,
Christian Østergaard,
Ida Gjørup,
Nina Bøggild,
Magnus Arpi
Publication year - 2016
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/dkw055
Subject(s) - cefuroxime , ciprofloxacin , cephalosporin , medicine , interrupted time series analysis , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , defined daily dose , antibiotic stewardship , microbiology and biotechnology , infection control , interrupted time series , concomitant , drug resistance , intensive care medicine , biology , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , psychological intervention
We evaluated the effect of an antibiotic stewardship programme (ASP) on the use of antibiotics and resistance levels of Escherichia coli using a method that allowed direct comparison between an intervention hospital and a control hospital.
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