RT Journal
A1 Feldman L, Lamson M, Gallelli JF, Bennett JE
T1 SUrveillance of nosocomial infections by antibiotic monitoring
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1979
FD June 29
VO 241
IS 26
SP 2806
OP 2807
DO 10.1001/jama.1979.03290520030020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290520030020
AB Records of all patients receiving intravenous gentamicin sulfate during a 92-day interval were reviewed to detect nosocomial infections that had been missed by routine surveillance. Only 46 of 48 of the 99 treatment courses had been detected. In 96% of cases not detected by routine surveillance, use of gentamicin was considered justified. Of the patients missed by surveillance, 83% were in oncology wards, and 46% had severe neutropenia and fever of unknown origin. Antibiotic surveillance proved a useful adjunct in estimating the incidence of nosocomial infections in such patients.(JAMA 241:2806-2807, 1979)