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[SARI: surveillance of antibiotic use and bacterial resistance in German intensive care units. Correlation between antibiotic use and the emergence of resistance].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - 1 Apr 2004
Meyer E, Jonas D, Schwab F, Gastmeier P, Rüden H, Daschner F D
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Intensive care units (ICUs) are considered to be high-risk areas for the emergence and spread of multiresistant bacterial pathogens. In Germany, there are no representative epidemiological data on antibiotic resistance, on the use of antibiotics in ICUs, or on the correlation between antibiotic use and the emergence of resistance. Project SARI (surveillance of antibiotic use and bacterial resistance in ICUs),...
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