Estimating the length of hospitalization attributable to multidrug antibiotic resistance

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doi: 10.1128/AAC.00689-10.

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Attributable hospital cost and length of stay associated with health care-associated infections caused by antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
Mauldin PD, Salgado CD, Hansen IS, Durup DT, Bosso JA. Mauldin PD, et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Jan;54(1):109-15. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01041-09. Epub 2009 Oct 19. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010. PMID: 19841152 Free PMC article.

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