A de-escalation protocol for febrile neutropenia cases and its impact on carbapenem resistance: A retrospective, quasi-experimental single-center study
Our objective was to evaluate the impact of using an imipenem de-escalation protocol for empiric febrile neutropenia on the development of carbapenem resistance.A pre-post intervention design was used. The intervention was adopting the imipenem de-escalation approach, which began on January 1, 2012....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115002063 |