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Characterizing antimicrobial selection pressure on resistance across four major causes of infections: Insights from the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2007-2021

2025-03-13 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundSystematic evidence on antimicrobial selection for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is scarce. We estimated the effect of prescribing key antibiotic classes on AMR across U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Centres (VAMC). MethodsWe analysed clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from 138 VAMC from Feb 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2021. Antimicrobial prescribing was measured as inpatient days of therapy per 1000 patient-days; mult...

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