4th Decennial Conference on Nosocomial and Health Care Associated Infections

On March 5-9, 2000, 2,500 medical professionals from 55 countries convened in Atlanta for the 4th Decennial Internat. Conf. on Nosocomial & Healthcare-Associated Infections. This conf. provides the latest scientific info. in the field & helps shape the agenda for research & prevention & activities in the coming decade. These papers were selected from the more than 800 scientific papers, abstracts, & lectures. The epidemiology, microbiology, & prevention of antimicrobial-drug resistant infections were recurring topics, as were new knowledge & current research on bloodstream infections, surgical site infections, & pneumonia associated with health care.McDade, Joseph E. is the author of '4th Decennial Conference on Nosocomial and Health Care Associated Infections', published 2001 under ISBN 9780756712280 and ISBN 0756712289.