Data linkage of routinely collected electronic health records to characterise risk factors associated with antibiotic resistance in urinary isolates: an exemplar of NHS Scotland’s Infection Intelligence Platform

ABSTRACT Objectives Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are amongst the most common infections treated in community and hospital settings. Initial antibiotic treatment of UTI is usually empirical, that is, where the prescriber has no definitive information on the organism or its antibiotic sensitivit...

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Main Authors: Eilidh Fletcher, Kim Kavanagh, William Malcolm, Camilla Wiuff, Nicholas Reid, Ashutosh Deshpande
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/294