Antibiotic prescription practices, consumption and bacterial resistance in a cross section of Swedish intensive care units.

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Published in Acta Anaesthesiol Scand on October 01, 2002

Authors

S M Walther1, M Erlandsson, L G Burman, O Cars, H Gill, M Hoffman, B Isaksson, G Kahlmeter, S Lindgren, L Nilsson, B Olsson-Liljequist, H Hanberger, Icustrama Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Clinical Microbiology and Hygiene and the Pharmacy at Universitetssjukhuset, Linköping, Sweden. sten.walther@lio.se

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