Impact of an empiric antimicrobial therapy manual on antimicrobial usage and multidrug resistant organism trends in a large Italian teaching hospital

• Main Authors: Silvia Corcione (Author), Nour Shbaklo (Author), Costanza Vicentini (Author), Alessio Corradi (Author), Silvia Scabini (Author), Simone Mornese Pinna (Author), Alessia Tarozzo (Author), Antonio Curtoni (Author), Francesco Cattel (Author), Rossana Cavallo (Author), Carla M. Zotti (Author), Ida Marina Raciti (Author), Carlo Silvestre (Author), Luca Scaglione (Author), Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Aim: To evaluate the changes in antimicrobial consumption and multidrug-resistant microorganism trends after introducing an empiric antimicrobial therapy manual to support antimicrobial stewardship. Methods: A 4-year prospective interventional study assessed the effect of introducing an emp...