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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Huang, Susan S. ; Labus, Brian J. ; Samuel, Michael C. ; Wan, Dairian T. ; Reingold, Arthur L.
Huang, Susan S. ; Labus, Brian J. ; Samuel, Michael C. ; Wan, Dairian T. ; Reingold, Arthur L. Less -
Description:
Countywide antibiotic resistance patterns may provide additional information from that obtained from national sampling or individual hospitals. We reviewed susceptibility patterns of selected bacterial strains isolated from blood in San Francisco County from January 1996 to March 1999. We found substantial hospital-to-hospital variability in proportional resistance to antibiotics in multiple organisms. This variability was not correlated with hospital indices such as number of intensive care unit or total beds, annual admissions, or average length of stay. We also found a significant increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, and proportional resistance to multiple antipseudomonal antibiotics. We describe the utility, difficulties, and limitations of countywide surveillance.
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 And Over
Age Distribution
Bacteremia
Child
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Hospitalization
Humans
Length Of Stay
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Middle Aged
Patient Admission
Penicillin Resistance
Population Surveillance
Research
Vancomycin Resistance

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 8(2):195-201.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
San Francisco, CA
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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