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Improved empiric antibiotic prescribing for acute cystitis with use of local urinary antibiogram and clinical decision support system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2020

Christopher J. Shoff Open the ORCID record for Christopher J. Shoff [Opens in a new window] ,
Mary L. Townsend ,
L. Gayani Tillekeratne ,
Ryan D. Schulteis ,
Michael E. Yarrington ,
Nicholas A. Turner ,
Christopher W. Woods  and
Christopher J. Hostler
Christopher J. Shoff*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Mary L. Townsend
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Infectious Diseases Section, Medicine Service, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina
L. Gayani Tillekeratne
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Infectious Diseases Section, Medicine Service, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina
Ryan D. Schulteis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Infectious Diseases Section, Medicine Service, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina
Michael E. Yarrington
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Nicholas A. Turner
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Christopher W. Woods
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Infectious Diseases Section, Medicine Service, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina
Christopher J. Hostler
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Infectious Diseases Section, Medicine Service, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina
*
Author for correspondence: Christopher J. Shoff, E-mail: christopher.shoff@duke.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 41 , Issue 11 , November 2020 , pp. 1351 - 1353
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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: A preliminary version of this work was accepted for presentation at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease on April 19, 2020, in Paris, France.

References

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