Intensive care antibiotic consumption and resistance patterns: a cross-correlation analysis
Abstract Background Over recent decades, a dramatic increase in infections caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens has been observed worldwide. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between local resistance bacterial patterns and antibiotic consumption in an intensive care...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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Series: | Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-017-0251-8 |