Antibiotic use is associated with resistance of environmental organisms in a teaching hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-206

  Dancer, Stephanie J ^a,d   Coyne, M ^a   Robertson, C ^b   Thomson, A ^c   Guleri, A ^c   Alcock, S ^c  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic consumption; Antibiotic resistance; Hospital environment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 30344473034     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.06.033     Document Type: Article

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