Penicillin Use and Duration of Bacteremia, Length of Stay, and 30-day Readmission in Hospitalized Patients with Penicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus is the most common bacterial pathogen in hospitalized patients, and is a leading cause of bacteremia. Current guidelines recommend when the etiology of infection is known or suspected, the antimicrobial most cost-effective, least toxic, and most narrow in spectrum be used. To e...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/128 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=masters_theses_2 |