Clinical effectiveness of beta-lactams versus fluoroquinolones as empirical therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus hospitalized for urinary tract infections: A retrospective cohort study

• Yu-Hsin Tang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Master Program of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Po-Liang Lu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Liquid Biopsy and Cohort Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ho-Yin Huang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ying-Chi Lin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yclin@kmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Master Program of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Master Degree Program in Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Doctoral Degree Program in Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0335-3402

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