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).
Funding Information:
R.G.W. is a consultant for bioMerieux and Accelerate Diagnostics. His institution has received research grants from bioMerieux and Curetis. All other authors declare no conflict of interest and have no financial disclosures to report.
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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 -
