Carbapenem stewardship: positive impact on hospital ecology
INTRODUCTION: Excessive group 2 carbapenem use may result in decreased bacterial susceptibility. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the impact of a carbapenem stewardship program, restricting imipenem and meropenem use. METHODS: Ertapenem was mandated for ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections in the abs...
Main Authors: | Ana Lucia Lei Munhoz Lima, Priscila Rosalba Domingos de Oliveira, Adriana Pereira de Paula, Karine Dal-Paz, João Nóbrega de Almeida Jr, Cássia da Silva Félix, Flávia Rossi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000100001&lng=en&tlng=en |
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