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Antibiotic stewardship ward rounds and a dedicated prescription chart reduce antibiotic consumption and pharmacy costs without affecting inpatient mortality or re-admission rates
Boyles, Tom H.; Whitelaw, Andrew; Bamford, Colleen; Moodley, Mischka; Bonorchis, Kim; Morris, Vida; Rawoot, Naazneen; Naicker, Vanishree; Lusakiewicz, Irena; Black, John; Stead, David; Lesosky, Maia; Raubenheimer, Peter; Dlamini, Sipho; Mendelson, Marc (Public Library of Science, 2013-12-09)Background Antibiotic consumption is a major driver of bacterial resistance. To address the increasing burden of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections, antibiotic stewardship programmes are promoted worldwide to ... -
Laboratory-acquired infections of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in South Africa : phenotypic and genotypic analysis of isolates
Smith, Anthony Marius; Smouse, Shannon Lucrecia; Tau, Nomsa Pauline; Bamford, Colleen; Moodley, Vineshree Mischka; Jacobs, Charlene; McCarthy, Kerrigan Mary; Lourens, Adre; Keddy, Karen Helena (BioMed Central, 2017-9)Background: Workers in clinical microbiology laboratories are exposed to a variety of pathogenic microorganisms. Salmonella species is among the most commonly reported bacterial causes of laboratory-acquired infections. ... -
National sentinel site surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in South Africa, 2010-2012
Perovic, Olga; Singh-Moodley, Ashika; Duse, Adriano; Bamford, Colleen; Elliott, G.; Swe-Han, Khine Swe; Kularatne, Ranmini; Lowman, Warren; Whitelaw, Andrew; Nana, Trusha; Wadula, Jeanette; Lekalakala, Ruth; Saif, Adrienne; Fortuin De-Smit, Melony; Marais, Else (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014-08)Background. The increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance observed in the nosocomial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae are of major public health concern worldwide. Objectives. To describe the antibiotic susceptibility ...