Colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and klebsiella species in long-term care facility residents

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-304

  Lautenbach, Ebbing ^a,b   Han, Jennifer ^a   Santana, Evelyn ^b   Tolomeo, Pam ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^a   Maslow, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-LACTAMASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856981816     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664055     Document Type: Article

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