Antimicrobial‐Resistant Nontyphoidal<i>Salmonella</i>Is Associated with Excess Bloodstream Infections and Hospitalizations

Jay K. Varma, Kåre Mølbak, Timothy J. Barrett, James L. Beebe, Timothy F. Jones, Therese Rabatsky‐Ehr, Kirk Smith, Duc J. Vugia, Hwa‐Gan H. Chang, Frederick J. Angulo

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 303 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Patients with antimicrobial-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella infection were more likely to have bloodstream infection and to be hospitalized than were patients with pansusceptible infection. Mitigation of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella will likely benefit human health.

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