Acquisition of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci during Scheduled Antimicrobial Rotation in an Intensive Care Unit
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- 15 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (2), 151-157
- https://doi.org/10.1086/321807
Abstract
Scheduled rotation of treatment of gram-negative antimicrobial agents has been associated with reduction of serious gram-negative infections. The impKeywords
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