TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality and hospital stay associated with resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacteremia
T2 - estimating the burden of antibiotic resistance in Europe
AU - de Kraker, Marlieke E A
AU - Davey, Peter G
AU - Grundmann, Hajo
AU - BURDEN Study Group
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The relative importance of human diseases is conventionally assessed by cause-specific mortality, morbidity, and economic impact. Current estimates for infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are not sufficiently supported by quantitative empirical data. This study determined the excess number of deaths, bed-days, and hospital costs associated with blood stream infections (BSIs) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli (G3CREC) in 31 countries that participated in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS).
AB - The relative importance of human diseases is conventionally assessed by cause-specific mortality, morbidity, and economic impact. Current estimates for infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are not sufficiently supported by quantitative empirical data. This study determined the excess number of deaths, bed-days, and hospital costs associated with blood stream infections (BSIs) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli (G3CREC) in 31 countries that participated in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80055031553&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001104
DO - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001104
M3 - Article
C2 - 22022233
SN - 1549-1277
VL - 8
SP - e1001104
JO - PLoS Medicine
JF - PLoS Medicine
IS - 10
ER -