Antibiotic control of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: A simulation study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Haber, Michael ^a   Levin, Bruce R ^b   Kramarz, Piotr ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLICY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 77955798411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-254     Document Type: Article

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