Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Hospital
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is a concern that is challenging the ability to treat common infections. Surveillance of antimicrobial use in pediatric acute care institutions is complicated because the common metric unit, the defined daily dose, is problematic for this population.
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
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| author | Bruce R Dalton Sandra J MacTavish Lauren C Bresee Nipunie Rajapakse Otto Vanderkooi Joseph Vayalumkal John Conly |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is a concern that is challenging the ability to treat common infections. Surveillance of antimicrobial use in pediatric acute care institutions is complicated because the common metric unit, the defined daily dose, is problematic for this population. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb471fb3587743d8a8c06b4e60cbb6072025-08-20T02:22:56ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322015-01-0126525325810.1155/2015/835209Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care HospitalBruce R Dalton0Sandra J MacTavish1Lauren C Bresee2Nipunie Rajapakse3Otto Vanderkooi4Joseph Vayalumkal5John Conly6Department of Pharmacy Services, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, CanadaDepartment of Pharmacy Services, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, CanadaDepartment of Pharmacy Services, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, CanadaAlberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Alberta Health Services, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaBACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is a concern that is challenging the ability to treat common infections. Surveillance of antimicrobial use in pediatric acute care institutions is complicated because the common metric unit, the defined daily dose, is problematic for this population.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/835209 |
| spellingShingle | Bruce R Dalton Sandra J MacTavish Lauren C Bresee Nipunie Rajapakse Otto Vanderkooi Joseph Vayalumkal John Conly Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Hospital Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Hospital |
| title_full | Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Hospital |
| title_fullStr | Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Hospital |
| title_short | Antimicrobial Use Over a Four-Year Period Using Days of Therapy Measurement at a Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Hospital |
| title_sort | antimicrobial use over a four year period using days of therapy measurement at a canadian pediatric acute care hospital |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/835209 |
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