Colonization of residents and staff of a long-term-care facility and adjacent acute-care hospital geriatric unit by multiresistant bacteria

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 934-944

  March, A ^a   Aschbacher, R ^a   Dhanji, H ^c   Livermore, D M ^c   Bottcher A ^a   Sleghel, F ^a   Maggi, S ^d   Noale, M ^d   Larcher, C ^b   Woodford, N ^c  

^a Reparto di Geriatria   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Aziendale di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

AmpC; Extended spectrum lactamases; Long term care facility; Metallo lactamase; MRSA; Risk factor analysis; Screening; VRE

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 15; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 12; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 5; BETA LACTAMASE VIM 1; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN QNRS; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INGUINAL REGION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECTUM; RESIDENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954629684     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03024.x     Document Type: Article

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