Temporal Changes in Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in 23 U.S. Hospitals

Temporal Changes in Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in 23 U.S. Hospitals

Antimicrobial resistance is increasing in nearly all health-care–associated pathogens. We examined changes in resistance prevalence during 1996–1999 in 23 hospitals by using two statistical methods. When the traditional chi-square test of pooled mean resistance prevalence was used, most organisms ap...

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Main Authors: Project Hospitals, Scott K. Fridkin, Holly A. Hill, Nataliya V. Volkova, Jonathan R. Edwards, Rachel M. Lawton, Robert P. Gaynes, John E. McGowan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
epidemiologic methods
nosocomial infections
surveillance
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/7/01-0427_article

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