Performance of different culture methods and of a commercial molecular assay for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 991-997

  Saegeman, V ^a,b   Van den Eynde, J ^c,d   Niclaes, L ^e   De Ridder, D ^f   Schuermans, A ^a   Glupczynski, Y ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Chronic Care Center De Plataan   (Belgium)

^d Chronic Care Center Populierenhof   (Belgium)

^e Chronic Care Center Ter Vlierbeke   (Belgium)

^f National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

AGED; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION CENTER; SECRETION (PROCESS); VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 84940006782     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2318-9     Document Type: Article

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