Article: Antibiotic Rotation-Worthwhile or Not?

Article: Antibiotic Cycling in the ICU.
Critical Care Alert;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Special Feature Antibiotic Cycling in the ICU By Jun Takezawa ... the hospital environment. Antibiotic Cycling Another strategy to reduce ... The background rationale for antibiotic cycling is that selective pressure ...

Article: Antibiotic cycling may reduce risk for pediatric ...
Drug Week;  October 25, 2002 ;     588 words ... ... and size of effect of antibiotic cycling to reduce colonization ... resistant bacteria." Antibiotic cycling lowered the rate of refractory ... were associated with antibiotic cycling (Pilot study of antibiotic ...

Article: Antibiotic rotation in the ICU: Does it do any ...
The Journal of Critical Illness;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... infections were treated. The use of antibiotic rotation was associated with significant ... transplantation, and malignancy. Antibiotic rotation was a significant predictor of patient ... odds ratio, 6.27). Table 1 Antibiotic rotation schedule in the ICU Quarter Pneumonia ...

Article: 'Antibiotic cycling' lowers MRSA infections in ...
The Hindustan Times;  September 5, 2008 ;     627 words ... ... Virginia Health System have successfully used a method called antibiotic cycling, wherein medications are rotated at regular intervals ... that their study is the first to assess the impact of antibiotic cycling on a group of bacteria known as gram-positive cocci ...

Article: The effect of antibiotic rotation on colonization ...
Pediatrics;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Applying this strategy to a tertiary-care neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), we tested the hypothesis that antibiotic rotation can reduce the size of the reservoir of antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacilli colonizing infants who ...

Article: CME Questions.
Infectious Disease Alert;  July 1, 2001 ;     577 words ... ... Which of the following is true? a. Antibiotic rotation programs are proven to reduce antibiotic resistance. b. Antibiotic rotation programs have been investigated at most hospitals. c. Antibiotic rotation programs have been shown to reduce ...

Article: UVA reports promising method for reducing MRSA infections in ...
NewsRx Health;  October 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... infections among surgical intensive care patients by using antibiotic cycling, a method of rotating drugs at regular intervals. In ... The UVA study is the first to assess the impact of antibiotic cycling on a group of bacteria known as gram-positive cocci ...