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Which Strategies Follow From the Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria to Strengthen the Control of Their Spread? A French Experience

2004; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 25; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/502368

1559-6834

Didier Lepelletier, Stéphanie Perron, H Huguenin, M. Picard, Pascale Bémer, J. Caillon, Marie-Emmanuelle Juvin, H Drugeon,

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Efforts to enhance standard precautions and to isolate patients with positive routine clinical cultures during 3 years were insufficient to decrease multidrug-resistant bacteria infection rates. Routine screening for carriage in high-risk patients may be necessary to halt transmission and control the hospital reservoir.