title: Prevention and control of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: recommendations from a Joint Working Party.
authors.affiliation: Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology and Virology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK. Electronic address: peter.wilson@uclh.nhs.uk.
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authors.affiliation: Professor of Medical Microbiology, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Retired Consultant Microbiologist, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and General Medicine, Department of Infection, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Consultant Microbiologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Head of Primary Care Unit, Public Health England, and Honorary Visiting Professor Cardiff University, Microbiology Department, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Patient Representative, Member of Health Care Acquired Infections, Service Users Research Forum, Leicester, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Clinical Lead Infection Prevention, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control Lead for North Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning Support Unit, Hull, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Nurse Consultant Infection Control, Infection Control Team/HAI Group, Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Nursing Officer - Communicable Diseases Infectious Diseases and Blood Policy, Department of Health, London, UK.
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authors.affiliation: Professor of Clinical and Public Health Bacteriology, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Public Health Laboratory, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK.
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mesh_terms: D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards