Appropriate Use of Vancomycin in an Educational Tertiary Care Hospital in Tehran, Iran

Background:Inappropriate prescription of vancomycin has been shown to be asso- ciated with induction of antibiotic resistance.The objective of this study was to deter- mine the incidence of inappropriate use of vancomycin in a tertiary care hospital in Iran.Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional inve...

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Main Authors: B Samadi, N Abdi, Ali Reza Nateghian, JL Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2007-05-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-150&slc_lang=en&sid=1