Is antimicrobial resistance a bigger problem in tertiary care hospitals than in small community hospitals in the United States?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 860-863

  Gandra, Sumanth ^a   Trett, Anna ^a   Klein, Eili Y ^a,b   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^a,c  

^a Centre for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Small community hospitals; Tertiary care hospitals

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85032196119     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix413     Document Type: Article

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