Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Fluoroquinolone Use

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Fluoroquinolone Use

Few long-term multicenter investigations have evaluated the relationships between aggregate antimicrobial drug use in hospitals and bacterial resistance. We measured fluoroquinolone use from 1999 through 2003 in a network of US hospitals. The percentages of fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeru...

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Main Authors: Conan MacDougall, Spencer E. Harpe, J. Patrick Powell, Christopher K. Johnson, Michael B. Edmond, Ron E. Polk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Keywords: fluoroquinolones
Staphylococcus aureus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
pharmacoepidemiology
drug resistance
microbial
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/8/05-0116_article

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