Anatomic sites of patient colonization and environmental contamination with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae at long-term acute care hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-61

  Thurlow, Caroline J ^a,b   Prabaker, Kavitha ^a,b   Lin, Michael Y ^a,b   Lolans, Karen ^a   Weinstein, Robert A ^a,b   Hayden, Mary K ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE;

AGED; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; CHICAGO; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 84870885483     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668783     Document Type: Review

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