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Antibiotic Burden Associated with Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Jessica L. Elefritz ,
Meredith Deutscher ,
Kurt B. Stevenson  and
Erica E. Reed
Jessica L. Elefritz
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Meredith Deutscher
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, Roseville, California
Kurt B. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Erica E. Reed*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
*
368 Doan Hall, 410 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 (erica.reed@osumc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 7 , July 2014 , pp. 909 - 911
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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