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Antibiotic Stewardship for Intra-abdominal Infections: Early Impact on Antimicrobial Use and Patient Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yanina Dubrovskaya ,
John Papadopoulos ,
Marco R. Scipione ,
Jerry Altshuler ,
Michael Phillips  and
Sapna A. Mehta
Yanina Dubrovskaya*
Affiliation:
Division of Pharmacotherapy, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York
John Papadopoulos
Affiliation:
Division of Pharmacotherapy, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Brooklyn, New York
Marco R. Scipione
Affiliation:
Division of Pharmacotherapy, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York
Jerry Altshuler
Affiliation:
Division of Pharmacotherapy, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York
Michael Phillips
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York Department of Infection Control and Prevention, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York
Sapna A. Mehta
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York Department of Infection Control and Prevention, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York
*
550 First Avenue, Division of Pharmacotherapy, New York, NY 10016 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 4: Special Topic Issue: Antimicrobial Stewardship , April 2012 , pp. 427 - 429
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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