Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae in Belgian nursing homes: Myth or real danger?

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-32

  Saegeman, V S M ^a,b   Ntoumpanaki, M ^a   Niclaes, L ^b   Schuermans, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Edouard Remy Nursing Home   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Enterobacteriaceae; Nursing home; Screening methods

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BELGIUM; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RISK FACTOR; CARBAPENEMASE,; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE,; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SCREENING METHODS,; VERY ELDERLY;

CARBAPENEMASE,; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE,; NURSING HOME; SCREENING METHODS,;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BELGIUM; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84899464388     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0001551213Z.00000000013     Document Type: Article

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