Positive Urine Cultures: A Major Cause of Inappropriate Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals?
INTRODUCTION: Urine specimens are among the most common samples submitted for culture to microbiology laboratories. The objectives of the present study were to describe the indications for obtaining urine cultures in a cohort of hospitalized patients, and to determine the appropriateness of antimicr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2009-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/702545 |
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