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Development and implementation of a short duration antibiotic therapy algorithm for uncomplicated gram-negative bloodstream infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2021

Esther Y. Bae*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Kathryn Dzintars
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Fidelia Bernice
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Pranita D. Tamma
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Sara E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Edina Avdic
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Author for correspondence: Esther Y. Bae, E-mail: esther.bae@utsouthwestern.edu

Abstract

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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. These data were presented as a poster at IDWeek 2020 on October 22, 2020, conducted virtually.

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