Journal article
What's wrong in the control of antimicrobial resistance in critically ill patients from low- and middle-income countries?
- Abstract:
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Critical care environments are magnets for drug-resistant organisms. Patients are extremely vulnerable to nosocomial infections due to the severity of their clinical condition, the siting of multiple invasive medical devices and their proximity to other infected patients. Use of broad spectrum antibiotics is high in intensive care units (ICUs) compared to other hospital departments, making selection of drug-resistant bacteria more likely. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), nosoco...
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- Publication status:
- Accepted
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing AG Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Intensive Care Medicine Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2017-04-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-04-06
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0342-4642 and 1432-1238
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:690875
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uuid:3f269bc2-81d4-4894-aa13-059e470314b4
- Local pid:
- pubs:690875
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690875
- Deposit date:
- 2017-05-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Dondorp et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 The Author(s). This article is an open access publication. This is the publisher version of the article. This is available online from Springer at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4795-z
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