Tools : Extending the Cure
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Mar 2012 |
This visualization relates the population-adjusted state mortality from Clostridium difficile, a serious gastrointestinal infection usually caused by...
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Nov 2011 |
An infographic showing per capita outpatient antibiotic dispensing patterns across the United States, 2006-2007.
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Oct 2010 |
A power point presentation on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and public reporting programs, by Ramanan Laxminarayan. This power point...
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May 2010 |
Lowering antibiotic use is critical to slowing the evolution of resistance. Rates of antibiotic prescribing in the United States are among the...
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May 2010 |
Spreading resistance combined with an increasing number of S. aureus infections has resulted in a growing number of hospitalized patients who have...
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May 2010 |
Some of the most serious and widespread antibiotic-resistance problems worldwide are infections caused by MRSA and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (...
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May 2010 |
The growing problem of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus or “staph”) is illustrative (Figure ES.1). In 1987, 2 percent of...
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May 2010 |
Figure 1.8 compares current (nominal) prices of different generations of antibiotics. There is a general increasing trend in prices, with newer...
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May 2010 |
Patients who have a hospital infection have a lower probability of survival (Osmon, Warren et al. 2003), as shown in Figure 1.7. This survival...
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