Acquisition and clearance of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on healthy young adults concurrently burned in a dust explosion in Taiwan: the implication for antimicrobial stewardship

Acquisition and clearance of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on healthy young adults concurrently burned in a dust explosion in Taiwan: the implication for antimicrobial stewardship

Abstract Background Information is limited about the effect of restricted carbapenem use on clearance of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB). We sought to determine the time effect of antibiotic exposure on multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB) acquisition and clearan...

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Main Authors: Po-Yen Huang, Shian-Sen Shie, Jung-Jr Ye, Shih-Pin Lin, Tsui-Ping Liu, Ting-Shu Wu, Tsu-Lan Wu, Shiow-Shuh Chuang, Ming-Huei Cheng, Yu-Chia Hsieh, Ching-Tai Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Acinetobacter Baumannii
Burn patients
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic stewardship
Carbapenem
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2682-4

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