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- Title
Reflections From an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
- Authors
Gaffin, Neil
- Abstract
The article reports that the antimicrobials prescribed by physicians to their patients, may have many harmful effects. It states that antimicrobial prescriptions are harmful in the present age of antibiotic resistance and mentions that antimicrobials are usually not discontinued due to suspected infection. It discusses the harmful effects of antibiotics such as ceftriaxone and levofloxacin and refers to a Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) meeting attended by the author.
- Subjects
SIDE effects of anti-infective agents; ANTI-infective agents; CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile; CEFTRIAXONE; THERAPEUTICS; CONFERENCES &; conventions
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015, Vol 60, Issue 10, p1588
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/civ073