Growth and geographic variation in hospitalizations with resistant infections, United States, 2000-2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1756-1758

  Zilberberg, Marya D ^a,b   Shorr, Andrew F ^c   Kollef, Marin H ^d  

^a EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 55549148759     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080337     Document Type: Article

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