Mortality attributable to hospital acquired infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria in a large group of German hospitals

• Main Authors: Alicia Neubeiser (Author), Marzia Bonsignore (Author), Sascha Tafelski (Author), Christof Alefelder (Author), Karin Schwegmann (Author), Henning Rüden (Author), Christine Geffers (Author), Irit Nachtigall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: According to extrapolations, around 35,000 patients in Germany develop hospital acquired infections (HAI) with a multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) every year, and about 1500 of them die. Previous estimations were based on laboratory data and prevalence studies. Aim of this study was to...