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Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 8/2018

06.10.2018 | IM - COMMENTARY

Reducing carbapenem prescribing in high-use settings: it is possible, and it is good to talk

verfasst von: Nicola Jane Fawcett

Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Ausgabe 8/2018

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The importance of reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics, especially our ‘last line’ agents, cannot be overstated. Higher use of carbapenems at a country and institutional level has been shown to correlate with higher rates of resistance [1], and carbapenem use at a patient level is associated with risk of resistant infection [2]. Yet overuse of these crucial antibiotics is widespread. Changing, and reducing, antibiotic use has proved a major challenge, so success stories are welcome. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Reducing carbapenem prescribing in high-use settings: it is possible, and it is good to talk
verfasst von
Nicola Jane Fawcett
Publikationsdatum
06.10.2018
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Ausgabe 8/2018
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Elektronische ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1959-y

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