Predicting Hospital Rates of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Fluoroquinolone Use in US Hospitals and Their Surrounding Communities
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- 15 August 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 39 (4) , 497-503
Abstract
Rates of fluoroquinolone resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa in hospitals are increasing, but interhospital variability is great. We sought to deKeywords
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