Look before you leap: Active surveillance for multidrug-resistant organisms

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1101-1107

  Diekema, Daniel J ^a,b,d   Edmond, Michael B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33947543559     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512820     Document Type: Review

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