Antimicrobial Resistance Prevalence Rates in Hospital Antibiograms Reflect Prevalence Rates among Pathogens Associated with Hospital‐Acquired Infections
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- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (3) , 324-330
- https://doi.org/10.1086/321893
Abstract
To determine whether routine antibiograms (summaries reporting resistance of all tested isolates) reflect resistance rates among pathogens associatedKeywords
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