Internal Medicine Resident Perspectives Regarding Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Usage.

Authors

Ann M Laake, George Washington University
Gayle Bernabe, George Washington University
James Peterson, George Washington University
Angelike P Liappis, George Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

Spring 2017

Journal

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volume

4

Issue

2

DOI

10.1093/ofid/ofx060

Abstract

Focus groups held with internal medicine residents discussed their perspectives regarding broad-spectrum antibiotic (BSA) usage. Residents knew of BSA-associated adverse events, but they did not associate such events with increased patient morbidity and mortality, and they were more likely to use BSA in situations with diagnostic uncertainty and sick patients.

Comments

This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

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APA Citation

Laake, A., Bernabe, G., Peterson, J., & Liappis, A. (2017). Internal Medicine Resident Perspectives Regarding Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Usage.. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 4 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx060

Peer Reviewed

1

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