Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ceftazidime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci before and after intensive care unit admission

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1175-1182

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ceftazidime; Intensive care units; Methicillin; Multidrug resistance; Patient admission; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037390788     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000059437.01924.97     Document Type: Article

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