Impact of a Piperacillin‐Tazobactam Shortage on Antimicrobial Prescribing and the Rate of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci and <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infections - Concepedia

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Impact of a Piperacillin‐Tazobactam Shortage on Antimicrobial Prescribing and the Rate of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci and <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infections

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2006

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Marisa N. Mendez, Laurel Gibbs, Richard A. Jacobs, Charles E. McCulloch, Lisa G. Winston, B. Joseph Guglielmo

Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy

Abstract

The piperacillin-tazobactam shortage was associated with significant changes in antimicrobial prescribing, which resulted in a significant reduction in the rate of C. difficile but not VRE infections.

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