Medical Device-Associated Infections in the Long-Term Care Setting

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-164

  Crnich, Christopher J ^a,b   Drinka, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Device related infection; Drug resistance; Elderly; Geriatric; Long term care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESOPHAGUS TUBE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DEVICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERITONITIS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH TUBE; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84856273249     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2011.09.007     Document Type: Review

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