Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing organisms: an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure.

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  • Arjun Srinivasan
  • Jean B Patel
چکیده

If it makes sense to prevent people f rom drowning, why don’t we prevent other things that harm people? Why not go upstream and prevent that harried mother f rom becoming so f rustrated with her child that she hits her? Why not prevent kids in middle school f rom teasing the girl who is “dif f erent,” and thereby prevent her f rom committing suicide? Why not help pregnant women quit smoking so they don’t have a low birth-weight babies who are more likely to die during their f irst year and more likely to develop behavior that leads to delinquency?

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Infection control and hospital epidemiology

دوره 29 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008