Journal article
Attributable mortality due to fluoroquinolone and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in hospital-onset Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp bacteremia: A matched cohort study in 129 Veterans Health Administration medical centers
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, Vol.40(8), pp.928-931
08/2019
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.155
PMID: 31196237
Abstract
AbstractIn this cohort of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp hospital-onset bacteremia, isolated fluoroquinolone resistance had a larger relative impact on mortality than other phenotypic resistance patterns. This finding may support stewardship efforts targeting unnecessary fluoroquinolone use and increased attention from infection prevention and control departments.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Attributable mortality due to fluoroquinolone and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in hospital-onset Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp bacteremia: A matched cohort study in 129 Veterans Health Administration medical centers
- Creators
- Hiroyuki SuzukiEli N PerencevichDaniel J LivorsiBruce AlexanderBrice F BeckKelly K RichardsonMichihiko Goto
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, Vol.40(8), pp.928-931
- DOI
- 10.1017/ice.2019.155
- PMID
- 31196237
- ISSN
- 0899-823X
- eISSN
- 1559-6834
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2019
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983779492802771
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