Indwelling device use and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes: Identifying a high-risk group

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1921-1926

  Mody, Lona ^a,b   Maheshwari, Shweta ^a   Galecki, Andrzej ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^a,b   Bradley, Suzanne F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Indwelling device use; MRSA; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; OROPHARYNX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; URINE CATHETER; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND;

AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICHIGAN; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 36849092985     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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