Multiresistant bacteria in icu: in the right path
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Introduction Multiresistant bacteria (MRB) have become a severe public health problem, a risk factor for increasing morbibity, mortality and hospital length of stay and secondarily a raise of social and health resources consumption. The Spanish Health System started in 2014 a national campaign (Zero Resistance) conducted to prevent the emerge of antimicrobial resistance, specially this MRB in intensive care units (ICUs).
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