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. 2008 Oct 1;47(7):927-30.
doi: 10.1086/591698.

The impact of antimicrobial-resistant, health care-associated infections on mortality in the United States

R Monina Klevens  1 , Jonathan R Edwards, R P Gaynes; National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System
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The impact of antimicrobial-resistant, health care-associated infections on mortality in the United States

R Monina Klevens et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We used data reported from US hospitals to the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 3 specific infections: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonias, and Escherichia coli urinary tract infections. We evaluated the proportion of infections with antimicrobial-resistant isolates and the relative risk of death associated with the resistant pathogen in the period 2000-2004, compared with the period 1990-1994. The proportion of antimicrobial-resistant infections increased, but there was no change in the relative risk of death between the 2 periods.

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