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ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY

Dealing With Multidrug-resistant Organisms on a National Level: CDC Successes and Problems on the Horizon

CDC efforts, implemented at the local level, have been associated with a modest reduction in the incidences of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae with an ESBL phenotype and a more dramatic reduction in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.