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Section 4. Antimicrobial Agents and Related Therapy

Appropriate and Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents 240

The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance is an issue of major concern to patients as well as health care professionals. This issue has been reviewed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 241 Rarely, highly resistant gram-negative (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter species, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Burkholderia cepacia) and gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium) pathogens are susceptible only . . . [Go to Full Text]


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