Hospital and Societal Costs of Antimicrobial‐Resistant Infections in a Chicago Teaching Hospital: Implications for Antibiotic Stewardship

R. Roberts, Rebecca; Hota, Bala; Ahmad, Ibrar; Douglas Scott, R.; D. Foster, Susan; Abbasi, Fauzia; Schabowski, S.L.; M. Kampe, Linda; G. Ciavarella, Ginevra; Supino, Mark; Naples, Jeremy; L. Cordell, Ralph; B. Levy, Stuart; A. Weinstein, Robert

doi:10.1086/605630

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Hospital and Societal Costs of Antimicrobial‐Resistant Infections in a Chicago Teaching Hospital: Implications for Antibiotic Stewardship

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Sep 9, 2009

Authors:

Rebecca R. Roberts

Bala Hota

Ibrar Ahmad

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Organisms resistant to antimicrobials continue to emerge and spread. This study was performed to measure the medical and societal cost attributable to antimicrobial-resistant infection (ARI). METHODS: A sample of high-risk hospitalized adult patients was selected. Measurements included A...

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Antimicrobial stewardship

Medicine

Antibiotic Stewardship

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