Antimicrobial Stewardship in Wound Care

Affiliations

¹ At the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medicine, Daniel Doyle, MD, is Infectious Diseases Resident; Elissa Rennert-May, MD, MSc, FRCPC, is Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases Specialist; and Ranjani Somayaji, BScPT, MD, MPH, FRCPC, is Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease. Submitted August 9, 2021; accepted in revised form November 1, 2021.

Daniel Doyle et al. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 1;35(7):405-407.

doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000831884.62594.59.

¹ At the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medicine, Daniel Doyle, MD, is Infectious Diseases Resident; Elissa Rennert-May, MD, MSc, FRCPC, is Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases Specialist; and Ranjani Somayaji, BScPT, MD, MPH, FRCPC, is Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease. Submitted August 9, 2021; accepted in revised form November 1, 2021.

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