Acquisition of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria: Incidence and risk factors within a long-term care population

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1148-1153

  O'Fallon, Erin ^a   Kandell, Ruth ^a   Schreiber, Robert ^a   D'Agata, Erika M C ^b  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957858339     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656590     Document Type: Article

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