Editorial Commentary: Long-term acute care hospitals and carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae: A reservoir for transmission

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1253-1255

  Marquez, Patricia ^a   Terashita, Dawn ^a  

^a MPH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDWELLING URINARY CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84886882590     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit501     Document Type: Note

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