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Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals: Infection Control and Use of Antibiotics

Robert A. Weinstein
Cook County Hospital and Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ilinois, USA

Figure 2. Median number of days until acquisition of VRE in a medical ICU; prevalence of VRE ("colonization pressure") exerted a greater effect on acquisition than did antibiotic use, e.g., time to acquisition of VRE was shorter with high colonization pressure and low antibiotic use than with the converse conditions (13).

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Figure 2. Median number of days until acquisition of VRE in a medical ICU; prevalence of VRE ("colonization pressure") exerted a greater effect on acquisition than did antibiotic use, e.g., time to acquisition of VRE was shorter with high colonization pressure and low antibiotic use than with the converse conditions (13).
 


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