Antibiotic consumption versus the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria at a tertiary hospital in China from 2011 to 2017

• Main Authors: Di Zhang (Author), Sasa Hu (Author), Jinyao Sun (Author), Lu Zhang (Author), Haiyan Dong (Author), Weiyi Feng (Author), Jin'e Lei (Author), Yalin Dong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: China launched a 3-year rectification scheme on the clinical use of antibiotics in 2011, and a specific scheme on carbapenem use in February 2017. This study investigated the trends in and correlations between antibiotic consumption and the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative b...