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A hospital-wide intervention replacing ceftriaxone with cefotaxime to reduce rate of healthcare-associated infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit

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  1. Emmanuel Vivier and Karim Ait Bouziad contributed equally to this article.

  2. Laura Temime and Mounia N. Hocine contributed equally to this article.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Intensive Care Unit, Saint Joseph-Saint Luc Hospital, 20 quai Claude Bernard, 69007, Lyon, France

    Boun Kim Tan, Emmanuel Vivier & Christian Pommier

  2. MESuRS Laboratory, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France

    Karim Ait Bouziad, Laura Temime & Mounia N. Hocine

  3. Microbiology and Infection Control Department, Avicenne Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Bobigny, France

    Jean-Ralph Zahar

  4. IMEA, Paris-Nord University, Bobigny, France

    Jean-Ralph Zahar

  5. Biology Department, Saint Joseph-Saint Luc Hospital, Lyon, France

    Laurence Parmeland

  6. Infectious Diseases Unit, Saint Joseph-Saint Luc Hospital, Lyon, France

    Caroline Pariset

  7. Pharmacy Department, Saint Joseph-Saint Luc Hospital, Lyon, France

    Pauline Misslin

  8. Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control Department, Edouard Herriot Academic Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

    Catherine Haond

  9. Medical Information Department, Saint Joseph-Saint Luc Hospital, Lyon, France

    Philippe Poirié

  10. PACRI Unit, Institut Pasteur, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France

    Laura Temime & Mounia N. Hocine

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Contributions

BKT, EV, JRZ, LT, and MH contributed substantially to the conception and design of the study. BKT, EV, CPo, LP, CPa, PM, CH, and PP performed the data acquisition. BKT, KAB, and MH analyzed the data. BKT, EV, JRZ, CPo, CPa, KAB, LT, and MH interpreted the data. BKT drafted the article. EV, JRZ, LT, and MH provided critical revision of the article. BKT, EV, KAB, JRZ, CPo, LPa, CP, PM, CH, PP, LT and MH provided final approval for the version submitted for publication.

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Tan, B.K., Vivier, E., Bouziad, K.A. et al. A hospital-wide intervention replacing ceftriaxone with cefotaxime to reduce rate of healthcare-associated infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med 44, 672–673 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5079-y

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