Abstract
The pattern of antibiotic use over a two-year period in a sample of Italian hospitals (most of them participating also in the prospective epidemiological survey of severe in-hospital infections reported in the previous section of the Journal) has been evaluated to assess: 1) the degree of overlap between the expected and the observed distribution of use in different wards for drugs indicated for severe infections; 2) the impact of newly introduced agents on consumption patterns. Against a reasonably overlapping of some 'critical' drugs in specialized ward the survey documents that variability is the dominant feature in the field of antibiotic treatment.
Translated title of the contribution | SETIG project: The retrospective survey |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 292-299 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Giornale Italiano di Farmacia Clinica |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology (medical)