Levels of outpatient prescribing for four major antibiotic classes and rates of septicemia hospitalization in adults in different US states - a statistical analysis

• Main Authors: Edward Goldstein (Author), Scott W. Olesen (Author), Zeynal Karaca (Author), Claudia A. Steiner (Author), Cecile Viboud (Author), Marc Lipsitch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Rates of sepsis/septicemia hospitalization in the US have risen significantly during recent years. Antibiotic resistance and use may contribute to those rates through various mechanisms, including lack of clearance of resistant infections following antibiotic treatment, with some...