Community acquired infections in older patients admitted to hospital from care homes versus the community: Cohort study of microbiology and outcomes

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Marwick, Charis ^a   Santiago, Virginia Hernandez ^a   McCowan, Colin ^b   Broomhall, Janice ^a   Davey, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic policy; Care home; Long term care facilities; Nursing home; Sepsis; Severity of infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873269072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-12     Document Type: Article

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