Fluoroquinolone (FQ) utilization in symptomatic bacteriuria (SB) due to E. coli and rate of FQ-resistant E. coli in a teaching psychiatric hospital

There are still very few data available on antibiotic utilization and bacterial resistance in the mental healthcare setting. The present study examined the extent of FQ utilization and the rate of FQ-resistant E. coli in SB in a 600-bed teaching psychiatric hospital.