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SUBMITTER: Hoffmann C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4810413 | biostudies-other | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hoffmann Charles C Zak Matthew M Avery Lisa L Brown Jack J
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20160215 1
Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) focus on improving the utilization of broad spectrum antibiotics to decrease the incidence of multidrug-resistant Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens. Hospital admission for both medical and surgical intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) commonly results in the empiric use of broad spectrum antibiotics such as fluoroquinolones, beta-lactam beta-lactamase inhibitors, and carbapenems that can select for resistant organisms. This review will discuss the m ...[more]