TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between a rapid diagnostic test to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus pneumonia and decreased vancomycin use in a medical intensive care unit over a 30-month period
AU - Pickens, Chiagozie I.
AU - Qi, Chao
AU - Postelnick, Michael
AU - Paonessa, Joseph
AU - Donnelly, Helen K.
AU - Wunderink, Richard G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH institutional training grant no. 3T32HL76139-13S2) and by the NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID grant no. U19AI135964).
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PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - Vancomycin overuse is common, yet few data are available regarding how to improve stewardship of this antibiotic. We identify an association between use of a PCR assay to rule out MRSA pneumonia and a significant, sustained decrease in average vancomycin days of therapy over a 30-month period.
AB - Vancomycin overuse is common, yet few data are available regarding how to improve stewardship of this antibiotic. We identify an association between use of a PCR assay to rule out MRSA pneumonia and a significant, sustained decrease in average vancomycin days of therapy over a 30-month period.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2020.1406
DO - 10.1017/ice.2020.1406
M3 - Article
C2 - 33517926
AN - SCOPUS:85113139559
VL - 42
SP - 1385
EP - 1387
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
SN - 0899-823X
IS - 11
ER -
