Infection in Acute Care Hospitals in Taiwan: Association with Hospital Antimicrobial Usage
- Su Chiu-Hsia
- Wang Jann-Tay
- Hsiung Chao A.
- Chien Li-Jung
- Chi Cheng-Liang
- Yu Hui-Tzu
- Chang Feng-Yee
- Chang Shan-Chwen
DOIAbstract
(CRAB) has emerged as an important pathogen causing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Taiwan. The present study is aimed to investigate the epidemiology of HAIs caused by CRAB and the association of CRAB infection and hospital usage of different antimicrobials. infections and antimicrobial usage data from 121 hospitals were analyzed.<0.0001).We suggested that dedicated use of anti-pseudomonal carbapenems would be an important intervention to control the increase of CRABpAB
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