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Genodiversity of resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in relation to antimicrobial usage density and resistance rates in intensive care units.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Apr 2008
Jonas Daniel, Meyer Elisabeth, Schwab Frank, Grundmann Hajo
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the assumption that resistance rates in intensive care units (ICUs) are markedly influenced by cross-transmission events in addition to high rates of antimicrobial usage. METHODS: This was a prospective ICU- and laboratory-based surveillance study involving 35 German ICUs from 1999 through 2004. A total of 585 ciprofloxacin- or imipenem-resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were...
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