Maximizing rates of empiric appropriate antibiotic therapy with minimized use of broad-spectrum agents: are surveillance cultures the key?

Intensive Care Med. 2008 Dec;34(12):2130-3. doi: 10.1007/s00134-008-1249-7. Epub 2008 Aug 19.

Authors

S Blot, P Depuydt, D Vogelaers

PMID: 18712347
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1249-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Editorial

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Sentinel Surveillance*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents