Does Antimicrobial Resistance Cluster in Individual Hospitals?

Factors that affect the resistance rates for an organism-drug combination in a given hospital also might influence resistance rates for other organism-drug combinations. We examined correlations between resistance prevalence in non–intensive care inpatient areas of 41 hospitals participating in phas...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2002-11, Vol.186 (9), p.1362-1365
Main Authors: McGowan, John E., Hill, Holly A., Volkova, Nataliya V., Lawton, Rachel M., Haber, Michael J., Tenover, Fred C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobials
Biological and medical sciences
Cephalosporins
Cluster Analysis
Concise Communications
Correlations
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - immunology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Epidemiology
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
Gram-Negative Bacteria - isolation & purification
Gram-Positive Bacteria - isolation & purification
Hospitals
Humans
Immunity, Innate - immunology
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Prevalence
Public health
Staphylococcus aureus
Surveillance
United States
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Summary:Factors that affect the resistance rates for an organism-drug combination in a given hospital also might influence resistance rates for other organism-drug combinations. We examined correlations between resistance prevalence in non–intensive care inpatient areas of 41 hospitals participating in phase 3 (1998–1999) of Project ICARE (Intensive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology). We focused on statistically significant (P
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1086/344323