Federal funding for the study of antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial pathogens: No ESKAPE

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1079-1081

  Rice, Louis B ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (U.S.); PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549171131     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/533452     Document Type: Editorial

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