Risk factors for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae colonization of asymptomatic carriers on admission to an Italian rehabilitation hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-81

  Rossini, A ^a   Di Santo, S G ^a   Libori, M F ^a   Tiracchia, V ^a   Balice, M P ^a   Salvia, A ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Carriage; Rehabilitation; Resistance epidemiology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; REMINDER SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ANIMAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION (PROCESS); VERY ELDERLY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952989266     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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