New Technology for Detecting Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Northwestern Memorial Hospital instituted in-house molecular typing to rapidly assess microbial clonality and integrated this typing into an infection control program. We compared data on nosocomial infections collected during 24 months before and 60 months after implementing the new program. During...

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Main Authors: Lance R. Peterson, Gary A. Noskin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0306_article