Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship in long-term care settings

Future Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1011-1025

  Moro, Maria Luisa ^a   Gagliotti, Carlo ^a  

^a Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobials; healthcare infections; infection control; long term care; nursing homes; surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHENAMINE; NITROFURANTOIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION RATE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 84881282744     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.13.75     Document Type: Review

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