Clinical impact of antimicrobial resistance: Design matters

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 344-

  Grundmann, Hajo ^a   De Kraker, Marlieke ^a   Davey, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b The Mackenzie building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955442378     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70107-4     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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