In-hospital costs of community-acquired colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms at a German teaching hospital

• Main Authors: Sabine Engler-Hüsch (Author), Thomas Heister (Author), Nico T Mutters (Author), Jan Wolff (Author), Klaus Kaier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Antibiotic resistance is a challenge in the management of infectious diseases and can cause substantial cost. Even without the onset of infection, measures must be taken, as patients colonized with multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens may transmit the pathogen. We aim to quantify...