Healthcare-associated bloodstream infection: A distinct entity? Insights from a large U.S. database*

2006283 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Andrew F. Shorr · MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Ying P. Tabak · Advanced Fiber Sensors (United States)

Aaron Killian · Advanced Fiber Sensors (United States)

Vikas Gupta · Advanced Fiber Sensors (United States)

Larry Z. Liu · Advanced Fiber Sensors (United States)

Marin H. Kollef · Advanced Fiber Sensors (United States)

Abstract

Healthcare-associated bloodstream infection constitutes a distinct entity of bloodstream infection with its unique epidemiology, microbiology, and outcomes. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carries the highest relative mortality risk among all pathogens.

Topics & Keywords

Antibiotic Use and Resistance Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Nosocomial Infections in ICU

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Critical Care Medicine

Volume 34, Issue 10, pp. 2588-2595

DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000239121.09533.09

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