A de-escalation protocol for febrile neutropenia cases and its impact on carbapenem resistance: A retrospective, quasi-experimental single-center study

• Main Authors: Abeer Alshukairi (Author), Haleema Alserehi (Author), Aiman El-Saed (Author), Mouhammed Kelta (Author), Jalil U. Rehman (Author), Farrukh A. Khan (Author), Hanadi Alsalmi (Author), Majda Alattas (Author), Muhammad Aslam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Our objective was to evaluate the impact of using an imipenem de-escalation protocol for empiric febrile neutropenia on the development of carbapenem resistance.A pre-post intervention design was used. The intervention was adopting the imipenem de-escalation approach, which began on January 1, 2012....