Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Long Term Care Facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568.e1-568.e13

  van Buul, Laura W ^a,b   van der Steen, Jenny T ^a,b   Veenhuizen, Ruth B ^a,b   Achterberg, Wilco P ^c   Schellevis, François G ^a,d   Essink, Rob T G M ^e   van Benthem, Birgit H B ^f   Natsch, Stephanie ^g   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e Dutch Institute for Rational Use of Medicine   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Assisted living facilities; Drug resistance; Infections; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DEVICES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING APPARATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84862834655     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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