Antibiotic consumption versus the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria at a tertiary hospital in China from 2011 to 2017

Purpose: China launched a 3-year rectification scheme on the clinical use of antibiotics in 2011, and a specific scheme on carbapenem use in February 2017. This study investigated the trends in and correlations between antibiotic consumption and the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative b...

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Main Authors: Di Zhang, Sasa Hu, Jinyao Sun, Lu Zhang, Haiyan Dong, Weiyi Feng, Jin’e Lei, Yalin Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034118301540