Antimicrobial stewardship in long-term care facilities

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-246

  Rhee, Susan M ^a   Stone, Nimalie D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Elderly; Infection prevention; Long term care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LONG-TERM CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901237747     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2014.01.001     Document Type: Review

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