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. 1972 Jul 8;3(5818):82-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5818.82.

R factors in hospital infection

F M Anderson, N Datta, E J Shaw

R factors in hospital infection

F M Anderson et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

In order to assess the clinical importance of R factors 524 "coliform" infections were studied in a general hospital. Of these, 95 were caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Among the remaining 429, 43% were caused by drug-resistant enterobacteria; resistance was frequently multiple and determined by transmissible R factors. Choice of therapy was thus limited but in every case at least one antibiotic, effective in vitro, was still available.

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