Action Plan to combat infections due to carbapenem-resistant, Gram-negative pathogens in acute-care hospitals in Greece

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-16

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Kontopidou, Flora ^a   Dedoukou, Xanthi ^a   Katerelos, Panagiotis ^a   Gourgoulis, Georgios Michael ^a   Tsonou, Paraskeui ^a   Maragos, Antonis ^a   Gargalianos, Panagiotis ^a   Gikas, Achilleas ^a   Gogos, Charalambos ^a   Koumis, Ioannis ^a   Lelekis, Moyssis ^a   Maltezos, Efstratios ^a   Margariti, Georgia ^a   Nikolaidis, Pavlos ^a   Pefanis, Angelos ^a   Petrikkos, George ^a   Syrogiannopoulos, George ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^a   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis ^a   Saroglou, George ^a   Kremastinou, Jenny ^a   Daikos, George L ^a   more..

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Action Plan; Carbapenem resistant; Gram negative; Hospital; Infection; Infection control; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GREECE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84897402688     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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