Limiting and controlling carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Infection and Drug Resistance

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-14

  Saidel Odes, Lisa ^a   Borer, Abraham ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae; Cohort; Infection control; Rectal cultures

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84890336408     PISSN: 11786973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S44358     Document Type: Review

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