Susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria: implementation of cumulative antibiogram at hospital level

Empiric therapy should be modified according to local susceptibility data. This condition could not be satisfied for some pathogens, as anaerobes.Therefore, treatment of infections related to the anaerobic flora - e.g. gastrointestinal surgery - is based on presumptive ecology of site of the infecti...

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Main Authors: Milva Ballardini, Francesco Cortese, Marina Cattivelli, Maria Letizia Schiavone, Luciano Spagnesi, Silvana Maiorano, Annunziata Tamburro, Marcello Meledandri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010-12-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2401