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Use of Microbiologic Findings to Manage Antimicrobials in the Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Leonardo Pagani ,
Michela Falciani  and
Richard Aschbacher
Leonardo Pagani*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, the Unit for Hospital Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and the Antimicrobial Management Program, Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
Michela Falciani
Affiliation:
Service of Pharmacy, the Unit for Hospital Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and the Antimicrobial Management Program, Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
Richard Aschbacher
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, the Unit for Hospital Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and the Antimicrobial Management Program, Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
*
Unit for Hospital Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Antimicrobial Management Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Bolzano Central Hospital, Via L. Boehler, 5, 1-39100 Bolzano, Italy(leonardo.pagani@asbz.it)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 309 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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