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Pro/con clinical debate: Isolation precautions for all intensive care unit patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization are essential
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasingly common problem in intensive care units (ICUs), and they are capable of impacting on patient outcome, the ICU's budget and bed availability. This issue, coupled with recent outbreaks of illnesses that pose a direct risk to ICU staff (such as SARS...
Autores principales: | Farr, Barry M, Bellingan, Geoffrey |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2004
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC468889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15153232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2817 |
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