Co-colonization with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 629-634

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Bonura, Celestino ^a   Vivoli, Anna Rita ^b   Di Bernardo, Francesca ^b   Sodano, Concetta ^b   Saporito, Maria Antonietta ^b   Verde, Maria Stella ^b   Saporito, Laura ^a   Cracchiolo, Andrea Neville ^b   Fabbri, Pier Giorgio ^b   Tetamo, Romano ^b   Palma, Daniela Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ARNAS Civico General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Co colonization; Intensive care unit; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLONAL VARIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; COINFECTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RISK FACTORS; SICILY;

EID: 84880300052     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.782614     Document Type: Article

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