Diagnostic accuracy of surveillance cultures to detect gastrointestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-476

  Snyder, Graham M ^a   D'Agata, Erika M C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Infection control; Nosocomial; Screening; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84861575772     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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