The Impact of Antimicrobial‐Resistant, Health Care–Associated Infections on Mortality in the United States
Open Access
- 1 October 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 47 (7) , 927-930
- https://doi.org/10.1086/591698
Abstract
We used data reported from US hospitals to the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention foKeywords
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