The high incidence of carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae in urine from elderly hospital patients may facilitate the spread of resistant strains to the community

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Cascio, Giuliana Lo ^a   Soldani, Fabio ^a   Mazzariol, Annarita ^b   Lleo, Maria M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARBAPENEM NONSUSCEPTIBLE KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIURIA; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84893803386     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0036     Document Type: Article

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