Analysis of two- and three-year trends in antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units using unit-specific antibiograms.

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Journal Article

Unit-specific antibiograms serve as useful guides to clinicians and infection control personnel. We compared trends in antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units using traditional 2-y unit-specific antibiogram data and 3 y of data. Three-y unit-specific antibiogram data may provide increased statistical power to detect changes in antimicrobial resistance.

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Duke Authors

Drew, Richard Howard
Harrell, Lizzie Johnson
Johnson, Melissa DePaoli
Perfect, John Robert

Cited Authors

Lalani, T; Varkey, JB; Drew, R; Harrell, L; McGarry, S; Engemann, JG; Johnson, MD; Kaye, KS

Published Date

January 2008

Published In

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume / Issue

40 / 8

Start / End Page

672 - 674

PubMed ID

18979607

Pubmed Central ID

18979607

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

1651-1980

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0036-5548

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/00365540801971403

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