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Efficacy of Admission Screening for Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae

OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that admission screening for extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) reduces the incidence of hospital-acquired ESBL-E clinical isolates. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: 12 hospitals (6 screening and 6 non-screening) in Toronto, Can...

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Autores principales: Lowe, Christopher F., Katz, Kevin, McGeer, Allison J., Muller, Matthew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23638132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062678