Antibiotic Consumption and Healthcare-Associated Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli at a Large Medical Center in Taiwan from 2002 to 2009: Implicating the Importance of Antibiotic Stewardship

• I-Ling Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: I-Ling Chen, Chen-Hsiang Lee

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Infection Control, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chen-Hsiang Lee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: I-Ling Chen, Chen-Hsiang Lee

  Affiliations Infection Control, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Li-Hsiang Su,

  Affiliation Infection Control, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ya-Feng Tang,

  Affiliation Infection Control, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shun-Jen Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Kinesiology, Health and Leisure Studies, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Jien-Wei Liu

  * E-mail: drjwliu@yahoo.com.tw

  Affiliations Infection Control, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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