Control-group selection importance in studies of antimicrobial resistance: Examples applied to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, enterococci, and Escherichia coli

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1558-1563

  Harris, Anthony D ^a,b   Samore, Matthew H ^c   Lipsitch, Marc ^d   Kaye, Keith S ^e   Perencevich, Eli ^a,b   Carmeli, Yehuda ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037097507     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340533     Document Type: Article

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