Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections

Introduction

The Impact of Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections

Richard P. Wenzel  and Michael B. Edmond

Author affiliations: Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

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Figure 1

Figure 1. Variation in mortality rate by organism causing nosocomial bloodstream infection (7). The leading four organisms and crude mortality rate are illustrated.

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