A broad-spectrum beta-lactam-sparing stewardship program in a middle-income country public hospital: antibiotic use and expenditure outcomes and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles.

CONCLUSIONS: The ASP significantly reduced the use of broad-spectrum beta-lactam-antibiotics associated with a decrease in expenditure and maintenance of the susceptibility profile in Gram-negative bacteria. PMID: 32504551 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32504551?dopt=Abstract

Source: Braz J Infect Dis - June 2, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Zequinao T, Gasparetto J, Oliveira DDS, Silva GT, Telles JP, Tuon FF Tags: Braz J Infect Dis Source Type: research

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