Internal Medicine Resident Perspectives Regarding Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Usage | Zendy

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Internal Medicine Resident Perspectives Regarding Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Usage

Author(s) -

Ann M. Laake,

Gayle Bernabe,

James A. Peterson,

Angelike P. Liappis

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx060

Subject(s) - medicine , broad spectrum , adverse effect , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , biology

Focus groups held with internal medicine residents discussed their perspectives regarding broad-spectrum antibiotic (BSA) usage. Residents knew of BSA-associated adverse events, but they did not associate such events with increased patient morbidity and mortality, and they were more likely to use BSA in situations with diagnostic uncertainty and sick patients.

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