ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2023
Antibiotic prescribing in mental health units across the Veterans' Health Administration: How much and how appropriate?
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- Analysis of antibacterial drug use and bacterial resistance in psychiatric hospital in the epidemic.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Resistance to empirical antibiotics in urinary tract infections caused by Enterobacterales in the East of England.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- Fighting AntimicroBial Resistance in Carceral Settings (FABRICS) study on antibiotics prescribing in New England prisons.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- Antipsychotic quetiapine alters the mouse fecal resistome by impacting antibiotic efflux, cell membrane, and cell wall synthesis genes.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
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Abstract
We evaluated antibiotic-prescribing across 111 mental health units in the Veterans' Health Administration. We found that accurate diagnosis of urinary tract infections is a major area for improvement. Because non-mental-health clinicians were involved in most antibiotic-prescribing decisions, stewardship interventions for mental health patients should have a broad target audience to be effective.
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