Carbapenem Restriction and its Effect on Bacterial Resistance in an Intensive Care unit of a Teaching Hospital

Development of antibiotic resistance in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is a worldwide problem. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) by carbapenems restriction on gram-negative antimicrobial resistance in ICU. The study was designed in a 21 bedd...

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Main Authors: Sistanizad, Mohammad, Kouchek, Mehran, Miri, Mohammad, Goharani, Reza, Solouki, Mehrdad, Ayazkhoo, Ladan, Foroumand, Masoumeh, Mokhtari, Majid
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813286/