Colonization pressure as a risk factor for colonization by multiresistant Acinetobacter spp and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care unit

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1128-1133

  DalBen, Mirian Freitas ^a   Basso, Mariusa ^a   Garcia, Cilmara Polido ^a   Figueiredo Costa, Silvia ^a   Maria Toscano, Cristiana ^b   Robert Jarvis, William ^c   Lobo, Renata Desordi ^a   Oliveira, Maura Salaroli ^a   Levin, Anna Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c Jarvis and Jason Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Carbapenem resistance; Colonization pressure; Hand hygiene; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BRAZIL; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884230409     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(08)11     Document Type: Article

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