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Prolonged Hospital Stay, an Adverse Effect of Strict National Policy for Controlling the Spread of Highly Resistant Microorganisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Gabriel Birgand*
Affiliation:
INSERM, IAME, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control Unit, Paris, France
Michael Schwarzinger
Affiliation:
INSERM, IAME, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
Anne Perozziello
Affiliation:
Medical Information Systems Program (PMSI), Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
Isabelle Lolom
Affiliation:
AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control Unit, Paris, France
Camille Pelat
Affiliation:
INSERM, IAME, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
Laurence Armand-Lefevre
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Laboratory, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
Jean-Claude Buzzi
Affiliation:
Medical Information Systems Program (PMSI), Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
Antoine Andremont
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Laboratory, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
Yazdan Yazdanpanah
Affiliation:
INSERM, IAME, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France AP-HP, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
Jean-Christophe Lucet
Affiliation:
INSERM, IAME, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control Unit, Paris, France
*
Unité d’Hygiène et de Lutte contre l’Infection Nosocomiale, GH Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, France (gbirgand@gmail.com)

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