Nosocomial Infection
Antimicrobial resistance on the rise in American hospitals
Published in Anti-Infectives Week, April 26th, 2004
Scientists in the United States "assessed resistance rates and trends for important antimicrobial-resistant pathogens (oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [ORSA], vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species [VRE], ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella species [K-ESBL], and ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli [QREC]), the frequency of outbreaks of infection with these resistant pathogens, and the measures taken to control resistance in a stratified national sample of 670 hospitals.
"Four hundred ninety-four (74%) of 670 surveys...
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Source: Anti-Infectives Week (2004-04-26)
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