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SUBMITTER: Anesi JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8561239 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20211001 7
Antibiotic use in deceased organ donors has not been previously described. In a retrospective cohort of 440 donors, we found 427 (97%) received at least one antibiotic course, 312 (71%) received broad-spectrum antibiotics, and 61 (14%) received potentially redundant antibiotics during their terminal hospitalization, suggesting a need for stewardship. ...[more]