Antimicrobial use among adult inpatients at hospital sites within the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: 2009 to 2016

Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the world’s ability to prevent and treat infections. Links between quantitative antibiotic use and the emergence of bacterial resistance are well documented. This study presents benchmark antimicrobial use (AMU) rates for inpatient...

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Main Authors: Wallis Rudnick, Michelle Science, Daniel J. G. Thirion, Kahina Abdesselam, Kelly B. Choi, Linda Pelude, Kanchana Amaratunga, Jeannette L. Comeau, Bruce Dalton, Johan Delport, Rita Dhami, Joanne Embree, Yannick Émond, Gerald Evans, Charles Frenette, Susan Fryters, Greg German, Jennifer M. Grant, Jennifer Happe, Kevin Katz, Pamela Kibsey, Justin Kosar, Joanne M. Langley, Bonita E. Lee, Marie-Astrid Lefebvre, Jerome A. Leis, Allison McGeer, Heather L. Neville, Andrew Simor, Kathryn Slayter, Kathryn N. Suh, Alena Tse-Chang, Karl Weiss, John Conly, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-0684-2