Infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Nicolle, L E ^a,e   Strausbaugh, L J ^b,d   Garibaldi, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

AGING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALNUTRITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCABIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 0030042462     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.9.1.1     Document Type: Review

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