Antibiograms can be a powerful tool to put patients on appropriate antimicrobials more quickly, according to Jason Pogue, PharmD, FIDP, FCCP, BCIDP, a clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, in Ann Arbor.
Dr. Pogue outlined advanced techniques that pharmacists can use to deploy antibiograms as effectively as possible. They include optimizing combinations of drugs, determining which regimens to use for a particular