The Ecology of Antibiotic Use in the ICU: Homogeneous Prescribing of Cefepime but Not Tazocin Selects for Antibiotic Resistant Infection

• Andrew N. Ginn,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Critical Infection and Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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• Agnieszka M. Wiklendt,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Critical Infection and Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Heather F. Gidding,

  Affiliation National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Narelle George,

  Affiliation Queensland Pathology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• James S. O’Driscoll,

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sally R. Partridge,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Critical Infection and Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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• Brian I. O’Toole,

  Current address: Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Rita A. Perri,

  Affiliations Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Ludwig Engel Centre for Respiratory Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Joan Faoagali,

  Affiliations Queensland Pathology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Microbiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• John E. Gallagher,

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Jeffrey Lipman,

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Jonathan R. Iredell

  * E-mail: jonathan.iredell@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Research Excellence in Critical Infection and Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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