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The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance: Effect of Resistance Among Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Length of Hospital Stay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

The Brooklyn Antibiotic Resistance Task Force
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Abstract

To assess the effect of antimicrobial resistance on length of hospital stay, a case–control study compared infections due to four nosocomial pathogens. Significantly increased lengths of stay were associated with infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infections with resistant pathogens are associated with prolonged hospitalization.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , pp. 106 - 108
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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