Counting the cost of critical antibiotic shortages

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Jan 1;74(1):273-275. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky410.

Authors

Sharmila Khumra^{1

2

3}, Andrew A Mahony^{2

4}, Misha Devchand^{1

2}, Steven T Walker¹, Kent Garrett¹, M Lindsay Grayson^{2

4}, Jason A Trubiano^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Pharmacy Department, Austin Health, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
³ Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 30307535
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky410

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / supply & distribution*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Australia
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
Health Care Costs / statistics & numerical data*
Hospitals
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents