title: Geography is destiny: global nosocomial infection control.
abstract: The global nature of the emergence and spread of multiresistant bacteria has resulted in a slow response from governmental bodies, but surveillance networks are being set up and there is evidence, cited in this review, of an element of cooperation among professional bodies. Most developed and many developing countries have recognized the need for nosocomial infection control.
authors.affiliation: aInfection Control, Department of Bacteriology, The Royal Hospitals, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland; and bDepartment of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the Public Health Laboratory Service, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
authors.forename: Edward T.M.
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: A. Michael
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Emmerson