Volume 11, Number 8, August 2005

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Fluoroquinolone Use

Conan MacDougall,* Spencer E. Harpe,* J. Patrick Powell,* Christopher K. Johnson,† Michael B. Edmond,* and Ron E. Polk*
*Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; and †Idaho State University, Boise, Idaho, USA

Figure 2. A) Changes in fluoroquinolone use (x axis) and resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (y axis) for 9 hospitals with complete data, 1999–2003. Origin is median values of fluoroquinolone use and resistance in 1999. DDD/1,000 PD, defined daily doses/1,000 patient-days. FQ-R PSA, fluoroquinolone-resistant P. aeruginosa; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. B) Changes in fluoroquinolone use (x axis) and resistance (y axis) in S. aureus for 9 hospitals with complete data, 1999–2003.

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