Comparison of unit-specific and hospital-wide antibiograms: potential implications for selection of empirical antimicrobial therapy.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on June 20, 2006

Authors

Shawn Binkley1, Neil O Fishman, Lori A LaRosa, Ann Marie Marr, Irving Nachamkin, David Wordell, Warren B Bilker, Ebbing Lautenbach

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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