The presence of antibiotic-resistant nosocomial pathogens in endotracheal tube biofilms and corresponding surveillance cultures

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-148

  Vandecandelaere, Ilse ^a   Matthijs, Nele ^a   Nelis, Hans J ^a   Depuydt, Pieter ^b   Coenye, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Endotracheal tube; Nosocomial pathogens; Surveillance cultures

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; FLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MICROFLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THROAT CULTURE; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CANDIDA; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900322195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12100     Document Type: Article

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