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The effect of antimicrobial resistance on patient outcomes: importance of proper evaluation of appropriate therapy.

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Impact of antimicrobial resistance on the treatment and outcome of patients with sepsis.

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Quality measures of antimicrobial drug use.

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The integration of pharmacokinetics and pathogen susceptibility data in the design of rational dosing regimens.

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Bloodstream infections caused by antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacilli: risk factors for mortality and impact of inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy on outcome.

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Impact of antimicrobial resistance on health outcomes in the out-patient treatment of adult community-acquired pneumonia: a probability model.

Singer ME, Harding I, Jacobs MR, Jaffe DH.

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The case for pathogen-specific therapy.

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Impact of appropriateness of initial antibiotic therapy on outcome of postoperative pneumonia.

Fujita T, Ishida Y, Yanaga K.

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