Analysis and presentation of cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility data (antibiograms): Substantial variability across medical centers in the United States

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-412

  Lautenbach, Ebbing ^a   Nachamkin, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; MEDICAL STAFF; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646706807     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503342     Document Type: Article

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