TY - JOUR AU - Hamilton, William L. AU - Pires, Sacha-Marie AU - Lippett, Samantha AU - Gudka, Vikesh AU - Cross, Elizabeth L. A. AU - Llewelyn, Martin J. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/03 TI - The impact of diagnostic microbiology on de-escalation of antimicrobial therapy in hospitalised adults JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 102 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Minimising antimicrobial overuse is needed to limit antimicrobial resistance. There is little evidence on how often microbiological testing informs antimicrobial de-escalation (e.g. stopping, shortening duration, switching to narrower spectrum or intravenous to oral switch) at 48–72 h “review and revise”. We performed a patient level analysis of diagnostic microbiology and antimicrobial prescribing to determine the impact of microbiology results on antimicrobial review outcomes. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4823-4 DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-4823-4 ID - Hamilton2020 ER -