Effects of Excessive Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor2Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veteran Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison4William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.

Comment

Lona Mody et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;175(8):1339-41.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2774.

¹ Division of Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor2Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veteran Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison4William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.

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Variability in Antibiotic Use Across Nursing Homes and the Risk of Antibiotic-Related Adverse Outcomes for Individual Residents.
Daneman N, Bronskill SE, Gruneir A, Newman AM, Fischer HD, Rochon PA, Anderson GM, Bell CM. Daneman N, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Aug;175(8):1331-9. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2770. JAMA Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 26121537

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