Inappropriate Continued Empirical Vancomycin Use in a Hospital with a High Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Vancomycin is frequently inappropriately prescribed, especially as empirical treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate (i) the amount of inappropriate continued empirical vancomycin use as a proportion of total vancomycin use and (ii) the risk factors associated with inappropriate continued e...

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Published in:Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Main Authors: Kim, Nak-Hyun, Koo, Hei Lim, Choe, Pyeong Gyun, Cheon, Shinhye, Kim, Moon Suk, Lee, Myung Jin, Jung, Young Hee, Park, Wan Beom, Song, Kyoung-Ho, Kim, Eu Suk, Bang, Ji Hwan, Kim, Hong Bin, Park, Sang Won, Kim, Nam Joong, Oh, Myoung-don, Kim, Eui Chong
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Clinical Therapeutics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335878/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403664
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.04523-14
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