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Health care-associated infections: major issues in the early years of the 21st century.

Wenzel RP

Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. rwenzel@mcvh-vcu.edu

Health care-associated bloodstream infections are associated with an attributable mortality that makes them equivalent to the eighth leading cause of death in the United States. Increasing levels of antibiotic resistance and the problems associated with biofilms surrounding prostheses and vascular catheters pose special challenges. These issues and potential solutions are addressed in the present article.

Published 21 June 2007 in Clin Infect Dis, 45: S85-8.
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