Association between institutionalization and carriage of multiresistant bacteria in the elderly at the time of admission to a general hospital

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-136

  Eveillard, M ^a   Lafargue, S ^a   Guet, L ^a   Mangeol, A ^a   Piquet, J ^a   Quenon, J L ^b   Fauvelle, F ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy Montfermeil   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 0032744220     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050241     Document Type: Article

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