Multidrug resistance in nosocomial pneumonia: burden, magnitude and solution

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Chairs: E. Ibrahim (Alexandria, Egypt), E. Mortensen (Simsbury, United States of America)
Aims: to identify the burden of multidrug-resistant nosocomial infections; to describe measurement of the magnitude of multidrug resistance and where we stand; to discuss what can be done to overcome this problem using available means; to present future ideas for fighting multidrug resistance worldwide.

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