Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae carriage upon hospital admission: Prevalence and risk factors

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-232

  Shitrit, P ^a,b   Reisfeld, S ^a   Paitan, Y ^a,b   Gottesman, B S ^a,b   Katzir, M ^a   Paul, M ^b,c   Chowers, M ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ESBL; Risk factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION (PROCESS);

AGED; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885859056     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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