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  1. Antimicrobial resistance is a public health challenge supplemented by inappropriate prescribing, especially for an upper respiratory tract infection in primary care. Patient/carer expectations have been identi...

    Authors: Christina Gaarslev, Melissa Yee, Georgi Chan, Stephanie Fletcher-Lartey and Rabia Khan
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:39
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  2. We sought to define regional variations in fluoroquinolone non-susceptibility (FQ-NS) among bloodstream isolates of Escherichia coli across the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in the United States.

    Authors: Daniel J. Livorsi, Michihiko Goto, Margaret Carrel, Makoto M. Jones, Jennifer McDanel, Rajeshwari Nair, Bruce Alexander, Brice Beck, Kelly K. Richardson and Eli N. Perencevich
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:38
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  3. In a previous study, we demonstrated prolonged length of hospital stay in cases of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-positive K. pneumoniae bacteremia compared to bacteremia cases due to E. coli (ESBL-posit...

    Authors: R. Leistner, A. Bloch, P. Gastmeier and F. Schwab
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:37
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  4. Whilst numerous studies have investigated nurses’ compliance with hand hygiene and use of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR), limited attention has been paid to these issues in allied health staff. Reports have lin...

    Authors: Margaret O’Donoghue, Suk-Hing Ng, Lorna KP Suen and Maureen Boost
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:36
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  5. Candida auris is a globally emerging multidrug resistant fungal pathogen causing nosocomial transmission. We report an ongoing outbreak of C. auris in a London cardio-thoracic center b...

    Authors: Silke Schelenz, Ferry Hagen, Johanna L. Rhodes, Alireza Abdolrasouli, Anuradha Chowdhary, Anne Hall, Lisa Ryan, Joanne Shackleton, Richard Trimlett, Jacques F. Meis, Darius Armstrong-James and Matthew C. Fisher
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:35
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  6. The uptake of improvement initiatives in infection prevention and control (IPC) has often proven challenging. Innovative interventions such as ‘serious games’ have been proposed in other areas to educate and h...

    Authors: Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Yiannis Kyratsis, Michiyo Iwami, Timothy M. Rawson and Alison H. Holmes
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:34
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  7. Rates of colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are increasing worldwide, in both acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Italy has one of the highest prevalence...

    Authors: Richard Aschbacher, Elisabetta Pagani, Massimo Confalonieri, Claudio Farina, Paolo Fazii, Francesco Luzzaro, Pier Giorgio Montanera, Aurora Piazza and Laura Pagani
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:33
    Content type: Review Published on:

  8. Residents of nursing homes are commonly colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) but there is a limited understanding of the dynamics and determinants of spread in this setting. To addres...

    Authors: Nataliya G. Batina, Christopher J. Crnich, David F. Anderson and Dörte Döpfer
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:32
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  9. Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci has increased in Germany. Here, we report the cluster of linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (LVRE) in a German department for hematologic stem ...

    Authors: M. Krull, I. Klare, B. Ross, R. Trenschel, D. W. Beelen, D. Todt, E. Steinmann, J. Buer, P-M. Rath and J. Steinmann
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:31
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  10. Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a serious public health problem in Nepal. It is a major obstacle for the control of the tuberculosis. The main objectives of this study were to determine the preval...

    Authors: Gobinda Thapa, Narayan Dutt Pant, Saroj Khatiwada, Binod lekhak and Bhawana Shrestha
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:30
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  11. Antimicrobial resistance has been recognised as a serious global Public Health problem. Prevalence of Multiple-Drug-Resistant (MDR) organism carriage in Albania is largely unknown since no national surveillanc...

    Authors: Falzon A. Parascandalo, P. Zarb, E. Tartari, D. Lacej, S. Bitincka, O. Manastirliu, D. Nika and M. A. Borg
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:29
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  12. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control would like to thank the following colleagues for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for the journal in 2015.

    Authors: Andreas Voss
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:28
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  13. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has evolved as a serious threat to public health. It has capability to cause infections not only in health care settings but also in community. Due to the multid...

    Authors: Arjun Ojha Kshetry, Narayan Dutt Pant, Raju Bhandari, Sabita Khatri, Krishma Laxmi Shrestha, Shambhu Kumar Upadhaya, Asia Poudel, Binod Lekhak and Bijendra R. Raghubanshi
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:27
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  14. Authors: Pearl Shuang Ye Tong, Anita Sugam Kale, Kailyn Ng, Amelia Peiwen Loke, Mahesh Arjandas Choolani, Chin Leong Lim, Yiong Huak Chan, Yap Seng Chong, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah and Eu-Leong Yong
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:26
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    The original article was published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2015 4:48

  15. Guidelines for the control of hospital-acquired MRSA include decolonization measures to end MRSA carrier status in colonized and infected patients. Successful decolonization typically requires up to 22 days of...

    Authors: Bernhard Jahn, Trudy M. Wassenaar and Annemarie Stroh
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:25
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  16. The role of asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic Clostridium difficile (TCD) in nosocomial cross-transmission remains debatable. Moreover, its relevance in the elderly has been sparsely studied.

    Authors: Daniela Pires, Virginie Prendki, Gesuele Renzi, Carolina Fankhauser, Valerie Sauvan, Benedikt Huttner, Jacques Schrenzel and Stephan Harbarth
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:24
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  17. Cholera is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in underdeveloped countries including Nepal. Recently drug resistance in Vibrio cholerae has become a serious problem mainly in developing countries. The main o...

    Authors: Pappu Kumar Gupta, Narayan Dutt Pant, Ramkrishna Bhandari and Padma Shrestha
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:23
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  18. Enteric fever is an important public health problem in Nepal. Due to emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Salmonella spp. the conventional first-line drugs, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and cotrimoxazole h...

    Authors: Krishma Laxmi Shrestha, Narayan Dutt Pant, Raju Bhandari, Sabita Khatri, Basudha Shrestha and Binod Lekhak
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:22
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  19. A hospital-associated outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was reported. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of infection control measures among healthcare workers (HCWs) who we...

    Authors: Surasak Wiboonchutikul, Weerawat Manosuthi, Sirirat Likanonsakul, Chariya Sangsajja, Paweena Kongsanan, Ravee Nitiyanontakij, Varaporn Thientong, Hatairat Lerdsamran and Pilaipan Puthavathana
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:21
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  20. Infection prevention and control can be seen as a wicked public health problem as there is no consensus regarding problem definition and solution, multiple stakeholders with different needs and values are invo...

    Authors: Anne F. G. van Woezik, Louise M. A. Braakman-Jansen, Olga Kulyk, Liseth Siemons and Julia E. W. C. van Gemert-Pijnen
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:20
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  21. Healthcare acquired infections (HAI) are an important public health problem in developed countries, but comprehensive data on trends over time are lacking. Prevalence surveys have been used as a surrogate for ...

    Authors: Geoffrey Taylor, Denise Gravel, Anne Matlow, Joanne Embree, Nicole LeSaux, Lynn Johnston, Kathryn N. Suh, Michael John, John Embil, Elizabeth Henderson, Virginia Roth and Alice Wong
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:19
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  22. A high proportion of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae is causing common infections in all regions of the world. The burden of antibiotic resistance due to ESBL in East Africa i...

    Authors: Tolbert Sonda, Happiness Kumburu, Marco van Zwetselaar, Michael Alifrangis, Ole Lund, Gibson Kibiki and Frank M. Aarestrup
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:18
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  23. The International Consortium for Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) organises a biannual conference (ICPIC) on various subjects related to infection prevention, treatment and control. During ICPIC 2015, ...

    Authors: Pauline Vetter, Julie-Anne Dayer, Manuel Schibler, Benedetta Allegranzi, Donal Brown, Alexandra Calmy, Derek Christie, Sergey Eremin, Olivier Hagon, David Henderson, Anne Iten, Edward Kelley, Frederick Marais, Babacar Ndoye, Jérôme Pugin, Hugues Robert-Nicoud…
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:17
    Content type: Meeting report Published on:

  24. This document is an executive summary of the APSIC Guide for Prevention of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI). It describes key evidence-based care components of the Central Line Insertion...

    Authors: Moi Lin Ling, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Namita Jaggi, Glenys Harrington, Keita Morikane, Le Thi Anh Thu, Patricia Ching, Victoria Villanueva, Zhiyong Zong, Jae Sim Jeong and Chun-Ming Lee
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDRGN), including extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and multidrug-resistant glucose-nonfermenting Gram-negative bacilli (nonfermenters), have emerged and spread...

    Authors: Nuntra Suwantarat and Karen C. Carroll
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:15
    Content type: Guidelines article Published on:

  26. Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide problem and inappropriate prescriptions are a cause. Especially among children, prescriptions tend to be high. It is unclear how they differ in bordering regions. This stud...

    Authors: Jan-Willem H. Dik, Bhanu Sinha, Alex W. Friedrich, Jerome R. Lo-Ten-Foe, Ron Hendrix, Robin Köck, Bert Bijker, Maarten J. Postma, Michael H. Freitag, Gerd Glaeske and Falk Hoffmann
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:14
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  27. Infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) are of major concern in clinical practice because of limited therapeutic options effective to treat them. Published stu...

    Authors: Awa Ndir, Amadou Diop, Roughyatou Ka, Pape Makhtar Faye, Ndeye Mery Dia-Badiane, Babacar Ndoye and Pascal Astagneau
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:13
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  29. External ultrasound transducer disinfection is common practice in medicine. Unfortunately, clinically significant organisms, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and...

    Authors: Riley Hoyer, Srikar Adhikari and Richard Amini
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:12
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  30. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli O- Serogroups with their virulence factors are the most prevalent causes of UTIs. The present research performed to track common uropathogenic E.coli serogroups, antibiotic resistan...

    Authors: Elahe Tajbakhsh, Parvin Ahmadi, Elham Abedpour-Dehkordi, Nazila Arbab-Soleimani and Faham Khamesipour
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:11
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  31. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli has become ubiquitous and has been reported in diverse ecosystems. We evaluated the potential impact of post-acute and long-term healthcare activities on t...

    Authors: Laurence Drieux, Sophie Haenn, Laurent Moulin and Vincent Jarlier
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:9
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  32. This paper describes (1) the Highly Resistant Gram Negative Rod (HR-GNR) prevalence rate, (2) their genotypes, acquired resistance genes and (3) associated risk factors of HR-GNR colonization among the hospita...

    Authors: Dennis Souverein, Sjoerd M. Euser, Bjorn L. Herpers, Bram Diederen, Patricia Houtman, Marina van Seventer, Ingeborg van Ess, Jan Kluytmans, John W. A. Rossen and Jeroen W. Den Boer
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:8
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  33. The use of antimicrobials is intense and often inappropriate in long-term care facilities. Antimicrobial resistance has increased in acute and chronic care facilities, including those in Belgium. Evidence is l...

    Authors: François Kidd, Dominique Dubourg, Francis Heller and Frédéric Frippiat
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:7
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  34. The emergence of livestock-associated MRSA has become a growing public health concern worldwide. Studies elucidating the population structure, as well as resistance phenotypes and virulence gene profiles of li...

    Authors: Annamari Heikinheimo, Sophia Johler, Laura Karvonen, Jérôme Julmi, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Roger Stephan
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2016 5:6
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  35. Escherichia coli is the most predominant causative agent of urinary tract infection (UTI). Recently, increase in drug resistance among the uropathogenic bacteria has caused great probl...

    Authors: Sanjeev Neupane, Narayan Dutt Pant, Saroj Khatiwada, Raina Chaudhary and Megha Raj Banjara
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:5
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  36. The emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates has important clinical and therapeutic implications. High prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae has been reported in the li...

    Authors: Mazen A Sid Ahmed, Devendra Bansal, Anushree Acharya, Asha A. Elmi, Jemal M Hamid, Abuelhassan M Sid Ahmed, Prem Chandra, Emad Ibrahim, Ali A Sultan, Sanjay Doiphode, Naser Eldin Bilal and Anand Deshmukh
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:4
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  37. Multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been an important problem in public health around the world. However, limited information about disinfectant-susceptibility of multi-drug-resistant strain of M....

    Authors: Noriko Shinoda, Satoshi Mitarai, Eri Suzuki and Mineo Watanabe
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:3
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  38. Over the counter sale of antibiotics is a global problem and it is increasingly recognized as a source of antibiotic misuse and is believed to increase treatment costs, adverse effects of treatment and emergen...

    Authors: Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle and Mirgissa Kaba Serbessa
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:2
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  39. Antimicrobial resistance in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 and non-O157 is a matter of increasing concern. The aim of the present study was to investigate the antimicrobial resistance profiles...

    Authors: Bianca A. Amézquita-López, Beatriz Quiñones, Marcela Soto-Beltrán, Bertram G. Lee, Jaszemyn C. Yambao, Ofelia Y. Lugo-Melchor and Cristóbal Chaidez
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2016 5:1
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  40. This document is an executive summary of APSIC Guidelines for Environmental Cleaning and Decontamination. It describes best practices in routine cleaning and decontamination in healthcare facilities as well as...

    Authors: Moi Lin Ling, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Le Thi Anh Thu, Victoria Villanueva, Costy Pandjaitan and Mohamad Yasim Yusof
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:58
    Content type: Review Published on:

  41. Hospital-associated infections (HAIs) are reported to increase patient mortality and incur longer hospital stays. Most studies to date have focused on specific groups of hospitalised patients with a rather sho...

    Authors: Anne Mette Koch, Roy Miodini Nilsen, Hanne Merete Eriksen, Rebecca Jane Cox and Stig Harthug
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:57
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  42. Nasal and extra nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is a pre-existing condition that often leads to invasive MRSA infection, as MRSA colonization is associated with a high risk of acquiring M...

    Authors: N. Sai, C. Laurent, H. Strale, O. Denis and B. Byl
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:56
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  43. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) pneumonia is associated with poor clinical outcomes. This study examined the association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-...

    Authors: Jennifer S. McDanel, Eli N. Perencevich, Daniel J. Diekema, Patricia L. Winokur, J. Kristie Johnson, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Tara C. Smith, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Jeffrey D. Dawson and Marin L. Schweizer
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:51
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  44. Inappropriate antibiotic use for treatment of common self-limiting infections is a major problem worldwide. We conducted this study to determine prevalence of non-prescription sale of antimicrobial drugs by ph...

    Authors: Anita Shet, Suba Sundaresan and Birger C. Forsberg
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:55
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  45. Hospital infections with multiresistant bacteria, e.g., Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), cause heavy financial burden worldwide. Rapid and precise identification of MRSA carriage in combination...

    Authors: Claudia Hübner, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Christian Wegner and Steffen Flessa
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:50
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  46. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly commonly results in antibiotic administration and, in turn, contributes to antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug events, and increased costs. This is a major problem in...

    Authors: Sarah B. Doernberg, Victoria Dudas and Kavita K. Trivedi
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:54
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  47. Attempts to increase compliance with infection control practices are complex and are - in part - based on attempts to change behaviour. In particular, the behaviour of significant peers (role models) has been ...

    Authors: E. J. W. Spierings, P. T. J. Spierings, M. Nabuurs-Franssen, J. Hopman, E. Perencevich and A. Voss
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:53
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  48. The number of national hand-hygiene campaigns has increased recently, following the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “Save Lives: clean your hands” initiative (2009), which offers hospitals a multi-component ...

    Authors: Christopher Fuller, Joanne Savage, Barry Cookson, Andrew Hayward, Ben Cooper, Georgia Duckworth, Susan Michie, Annette Jeanes, Louise Teare, Andre Charlett and Sheldon Paul Stone
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:52
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  49. The lack of new antibiotic classes calls for a cautious use of existing agents. Yet, every 10 min, almost two tons of antibiotics are used around the world, all too often without any prescription or control. T...

    Authors: Stephan Harbarth, Hanan H. Balkhy, Herman Goossens, Vincent Jarlier, Jan Kluytmans, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Mirko Saam, Alex Van Belkum and Didier Pittet
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:49
    Content type: Meeting report Published on:

  50. The Antimicrobial Self-Assessment Toolkit for NHS Trusts (ASAT) was developed in England by a National Pharmacist Reference Group of an Advisory Non-Departmental Public Body on Antimicrobial Resistance and Hea...

    Authors: Chantelle Bailey, Mary Tully and Jonathan Cooke
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015 4:47
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