The Association of Antibiotic Stewardship With Fluoroquinolone Prescribing in Michigan Hospitals: A Multi-hospital Cohort Study | Zendy

Valerie M. Vaughn | Zendy; Tejal Gandhi | Zendy; Anna Conlon | Zendy; Vineet Chopra | Zendy; Anurag N. Malani | Zendy; Scott A. Flanders | Zendy

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The Association of Antibiotic Stewardship With Fluoroquinolone Prescribing in Michigan Hospitals: A Multi-hospital Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Valerie M. Vaughn,

Tejal Gandhi,

Anna Conlon,

Vineet Chopra,

Anurag N. Malani,

Scott A. Flanders

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy1102

Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , levofloxacin , medical prescription , moxifloxacin , emergency medicine , prospective cohort study , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Fluoroquinolones increase the risk of Clostridioides difficile infection and antibiotic resistance. Hospitals often use pre-prescription approval or prospective audit and feedback to target fluoroquinolone prescribing. Whether these strategies impact aggregate fluoroquinolone use is unknown.

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