CDC Grand Rounds: Getting Smart About Antibiotics

CDC Grand Rounds: Getting Smart About Antibiotics

Each year in the United States, approximately two million persons become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, at least 23,000 persons die as a direct result of these infections, and many more die from conditions complicated by a resistant infection. Antibiotic-resistant infections contribute...

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Veröffentlicht in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2015-08, Vol.64 (32), p.871-873
Hauptverfasser: Demirjian, Alicia, Sanchez, Guillermo V., Finkelstein, Jonathan A., Ling, Shari M., Srinivasan, Arjun, Pollack, Lori A., Hicks, Lauri A., Iskander, John K.
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Sprache:eng
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Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S
Clinical Competence
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Forecasting
Health care costs
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Each year in the United States, approximately two million persons become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, at least 23,000 persons die as a direct result of these infections, and many more die from conditions complicated by a resistant infection. Antibiotic-resistant infections contribute to poor health outcomes, higher health care costs, and use of more toxic treatments. Although emerging resistance mechanisms are being identified and resistant infections are on the rise, new antibiotic development has slowed considerably.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X
DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm6432a3