Risk factors for antibiotic-resistant infection and treatment outcomes among hospitalized patients transferred from long-term care facilities: Does antimicrobial choice make a difference?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 724-730

  Toubes, E ^a   Singh, K ^a   Yin, O ^c   Lyu, R ^c   Glick, N ^b   Russell, L ^b   Mohapatra, S ^b   Saghal, N ^a   Weinstein, R A ^a   Trenholme, Gordon M ^a,d  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037444097     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368081     Document Type: Article

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