Skin and soft-tissue infections requiring hospitalization at an academic medical center: opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship

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2010
Hospitalizations for SSTI were common; more than half were due to cellulitis or cutaneous abscess. Frequent use of potentially unnecessary diagnostic studies, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, and prolonged treatment courses in these patients suggest targets for antimicrobial stewardship programs.
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Authors Jenkins TC;Sabel AL;Sarcone EE;Price CS;Mehler PS;Burman WJ;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2010
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20839951
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male middle aged Skin Diseases Recurrence drug utilization / statistics & numerical data Cohort Studies anti-bacterial agents / administration & dosage* bacteria / isolation & purification soft tissue infections / microbiology soft tissue infections / epidemiology* bacterial / microbiology academic medical centers soft tissue infections / drug therapy* bacteria / classification bacterial / epidemiology* pmid:20839951 doi:10.1086/656431 timothy c jenkins allison l sabel william j burman blood / microbiology drug utilization / standards* hospitalization / statistics & numerical data* bacterial / drug therapy*

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