Scientific article
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Secular trends in nosocomial bloodstream infections: antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase the total burden of infection

Published inClinical infectious diseases, vol. 56, no. 6, p. 798-805
Publication date2013
Abstract

It is unknown whether rising incidence rates of nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) replace antibiotic-susceptible bacteria (ASB), leaving the total BSI rate unaffected.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bacteremia/epidemiology/microbiology
  • Bacteria/drug effects/isolation & purification
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross Infection/epidemiology/microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
Citation (ISO format)
AMMERLAAN, H S M et al. Secular trends in nosocomial bloodstream infections: antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase the total burden of infection. In: Clinical infectious diseases, 2013, vol. 56, n° 6, p. 798–805. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis1006
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Journal ISSN1058-4838
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