%0 Journal Article
%T Healthcare-associated infections: potential for prevention through vaccination
%A E. David G. McIntosh
%J Archive of "Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy".
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2515135518763183
%X The challenge of healthcare-associated infections is compounded by the higher incidence of resistant organisms and the decreasing utility of antimicrobial agents. Historic and current vaccines have already contributed to reductions in healthcare-associated infections, and future vaccines have the potential to reduce these infections further. Through examples of bacterial and viral vaccines, this review will attempt to chart the way forward
%K antimicrobial resistance
%K healthcare-associated infection
%K immunization
%K vaccine immunization
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933536/