Does antimicrobial resistance cluster in individual hospitals?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1362-1365

  McGowan, John E ^a   Hill, Holly A ^a   Volkova, Nataliya V ^a   Lawton, Rachel M ^b   Haber, Michael J ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^b   Gaynes, Robert P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COAGULASE; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036839274     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344323     Document Type: Article

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