Gram-Negative, Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Growing Problem
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Gram-negative, hospital-acquired infections: a growing problem.
This issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology contains multiple articles focusing on the clinical and public health implications of infections by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii and their resistance profiles to commonly prescribed antimicrobials. The first five articles in this issue add to a g...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1086/502300