Should we screen patients for extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in intensive care units?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-105

  Meyer, Elisabeth ^a,b   Serr, Annerose ^a   Schneider, Christian ^a   Utzolino, Stefan ^a   Kern, Winfried V ^a   Scholz, Regina ^a   Dettenkofer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL GOWN; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT SCREENING; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RECTAL COLONIZATION; RECTAL SCREENING; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 57749083603     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592702     Document Type: Letter

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