title: Infectious diseases pose new pressures but provide new opportunities for health care.
abstract: Many hospitals are beginning to make inroads in lowering the rates of infections occurring throughout their facilities. However, the emergence of new drug-resistant organisms, shorter stays in hospitals, greater reliance on out-patient care, sicker patients, and increasing numbers of invasive surgical procedures still stir new concerns about the problems posed by infectious diseases.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Simmons
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014640:Vancomycin