Antibiotic resistance in long-term care facilities

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-331

  Esposito, Silvano ^a,b   Leone, Sebastiano ^a   Noviello, Silvana ^a   Ianniello, Filomena ^a   Fiore, Marco ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Clinica Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial infections; Long term care facilities

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34547955685     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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