The association between adherence to national antibiotic guidelines and mortality, readmission and length of stay in hospital inpatients: results from a Norwegian multicentre, observational cohort study.

Jannicke Slettli WathneStig HarthugLars Kåre Selland KleppeHege Salvesen BlixRoy M NilsenEsmita CharaniIngrid Smith

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2019)

Adhering to antibiotic guidelines when treating infections in hospital inpatients was associated with favourable patient outcomes in terms of mortality and LOS.

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