title: Health care-associated infection (HAI): a critical appraisal of the emerging threat-proceedings of the HAI Summit.
abstract: During the Health Care-Associated Pneumonia Summit conducted in June 2007, it was found that there is a need for educational efforts in several areas of health care-associated infections (HAI) that extend beyond pneumonia. This supplement to Clinical Infectious Diseases represents the proceedings of the HAI Summit, a diverse panel of clinical investigators whose goal was to assess the quality of evidence regarding issues surrounding HAI and to discuss potential implications for its diagnosis and treatment in the future.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. mkollef@im.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Marin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kollef
authors.forename: Lena M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Solomkin
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wunderink
authors.forename: In-Gyu
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Vance G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Balk
authors.forename: Dennis L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rahal
authors.forename: Andrew F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Shorr
authors.forename: Peter K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.forename: Scott T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Micek
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence