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A hospital-wide intervention replacing ceftriaxone with cefotaxime to reduce rate of healthcare-associated infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit

Authors: Boun Kim Tan, Emmanuel Vivier, Karim Ait Bouziad, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Christian Pommier, Laurence Parmeland, Caroline Pariset, Pauline Misslin, Catherine Haond, Philippe Poirié, Laura Temime, Mounia N. Hocine

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2018

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Title: A hospital-wide intervention replacing ceftriaxone with cefotaxime to reduce rate of healthcare-associated infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit
Authors: Boun Kim Tan
Emmanuel Vivier
Karim Ait Bouziad
Jean-Ralph Zahar
Christian Pommier
Laurence Parmeland
Caroline Pariset
Pauline Misslin
Catherine Haond
Philippe Poirié
Laura Temime
Mounia N. Hocine
Publication date: 01-05-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5079-y

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