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Surveillance of antimicrobial use in Dutch long-term care facilities

Author(s) -

Monique Roukens,

Linda Verhoef,

Ellen E. Stobberingh,

Stephanie Natsch

Publication year - 2017

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/dkw581

Subject(s) - antimicrobial , term (time) , long term care , medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , biology , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics

: Residents living in a long-term care facility (LTCF) are more susceptible to infections. Treatment with antimicrobials is sometimes necessary; however, antibiotic use is considered one of the most important drivers of the development of antibiotic resistance. Surveillance data on antibiotic use in these LTCFs are necessary to get more insight into these patterns. The objective of this study was to describe antibiotic use in LTCFs in the Netherlands.

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