An integrated approach to control a prolonged outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care unit

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Knoester, M ^a   de Boer, M G J ^a   Maarleveld, J J ^a   Claas, E C J ^a   Bernards, A T ^a   de Jonge, E ^a   van Dissel, J T ^a   Veldkamp, K E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case control study; Intensive care unit; Multidrug resistance; Outbreak management; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE VIM; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AERATOR; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE FINDING; CHLORINATION; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIC; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; FURNITURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SCREENING TEST; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; WARM AIR BLANKET; YOUNG ADULT;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895926283     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12372     Document Type: Article

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