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Joan Stephenson, PhD

JAMA. 2002;287:2351-2352.

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Atlanta—The nation's leading agency targeting the control of infectious diseases is adopting a modus operandi not unlike that of famed bank robber Willie Sutton. Once asked why he robbed banks, Sutton replied, "Because that's where the money is."

Because hospitals are where the germs often are—particularly antibiotic-resistant ones—health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reasoned that hospitals and other health care facilities should be the focus of a new campaign. Its aim: to curb the problem of antimicrobial-resistant infections in patients being cared for in such settings.

Of major concern are pathogens that are increasingly resistant to virtually all of the antimicrobial drugs that physicians use as front-line agents. The problem can be swiftly amplified in closed environments such as hospitals and intensive care units (ICUs), explained Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, acting deputy director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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