Swab cultures across three different body sites among carriers of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species: A poor surveillance strategy

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-396

  Dalben, M F ^a   Oliveira, M S ^a   Garcia, C P ^a   Lobo, R D ^a   Costa, S F ^a   Toscano, C M ^b   Levin, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECTUM; SMEAR; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952563096     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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