Effectiveness of contact isolation in the control of multiresistant bacteria in an intensive care service;Efectividad del aislamiento de contacto en el control de bacterias multirresistentes en un servicio de medicina intensiva

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-63

  Álvarez Lerma, Francisco ^a,b   Guillermo, Montserrat Gasulla ^b   Peruga, Victoria Abad ^b   Pont, María José Pueyo ^b   Eixarch, Emilia Tarragó ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contact isolation; Critical patient; ICU; Multiresistant pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; UREIDOPENICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 2042508970     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(02)72742-0     Document Type: Article

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