An audit of antibiotics usage and their effect on MRSA infection or colonisation following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in a district general hospital

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 632-634

  Ogundipe, O A ^a   Kar Purkayastha, S ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bassetlaw District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; MRSA; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Peristomal infection colonisation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROSCOPE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TUBE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 3242875568     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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