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Technical Review Article

Title: An algorithm to estimate the importance of bacterial acquisition routes in hospital settings.
Authors: M. C. J. Bootsma, M. J. M. Bonten, S. Nijssen, A. C. Fluit, and O. Diekmann.

Introduction
The significant increase in antibiotic resistance amongst pathogens is making it very difficult to successfully treat infections, especially in intensive care units (ICU’s). Prevention of the spread of infection among patients within the hospitals is fast becoming amongst the most important methods for controlling infections. This requires the identification of the different acquisition routes, that is, routes by which bacterial colonization occurs. In this article, the authors analyzed the relative importance of various bacterial acquisition routes that resulted in colonization of the bacteria using data from individual patients.[1] This article was chosen because of the impact it can have on the healthcare system if the knowledge obtained from the algorithm regarding the......


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Approximate Word Count: 1397
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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