Colonization and Infection with Antibiotic‐Resistant Bacteria in a Long‐Term Care Facility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1062-1069

  Terpenning, Margaret S ^a   Bradley, Suzanne F ^a   Wan, Jim Y ^b   Chenoweth, Carol E ^a   Jorgensen, Karen A ^c   Kauffman, Carol A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND;

EID: 0028124537     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1994.tb06210.x     Document Type: Article

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