Rectal colonization and frequency of enterococcal cross-transmission among prolonged-stay patients in two Swedish intensive care units

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 561-571

  Hällgren, Anita ^a   Burman, Lars G ^b   Isaksson, Barbro ^a   Olsson Liljeqvist, Barbro ^b   Nilsson, Lennart E ^a   Saeedi, Baharak ^a   Walther, Sten ^a   Hanberger, Håkan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; RECTUM; SPECIES; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECTUM; SWEDEN;

EID: 24644438211     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510038947     Document Type: Article

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