Sensitivity of Surveillance Testing for Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in the Intensive Care Unit

We tested intensive care unit patients for colonization with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (MDR GNB) and compared the results with those of concurrent clinical cultures. The sensitivity of the surveillance test for detecting MDR GNB was 58.8% (95% confidence interval, 48.6 to 68.5%). Amo...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Ridgway, Jessica P., Peterson, Lance R., Thomson, Richard B., Miller, Becky A., Wright, Marc-Oliver, Schora, Donna M., Robicsek, Ari
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313249/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25143577
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02369-14
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