Regional trends in multidrug-resistant infections in German intensive care units: a real-time model for epidemiological monitoring and analysis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-245

  Kohlenberg, A ^a,b   Schwab, F ^a,b   Meyer, E ^a,b   Behnke, M ^a,b   Geffers, C ^a,b   Gastmeier, P ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b National Reference Centre for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Extended spectrum lactamase; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Surveillance; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 70349804228     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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