Judith A Anesi, Ebbing Lautenbach, Jennifer Han, Dong Heun Lee, Heather Clauss, Antonette Climaco, Richard Hasz, Warren B Bilker, Esther Molnar, Darcy Alimenti, Sharon West, Pam Tolomeo, Emily A Blumberg
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Oct 05Antibiotic use in deceased organ donors has not been previously described. In a retrospective cohort of 440 donors, we found 427 (97%) received at least one antibiotic course, 312 (71%) received broad-spectrum antibiotics, and 61 (14%) received potentially redundant antibiotics during their terminal hospitalization, suggesting a need for stewardship. © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Judith A Anesi, Ebbing Lautenbach, Jennifer Han, Dong Heun Lee, Heather Clauss, Antonette Climaco, Richard Hasz, Warren B Bilker, Esther Molnar, Darcy Alimenti, Sharon West, Pam Tolomeo, Emily A Blumberg. Antibiotic Utilization in Deceased Organ Donors. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Oct 05;73(7):1284-1287
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