Successful control of an outbreak of GES-5 extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a long-term care facility in Japan

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-41

  Kanayama, A ^a,b   Kawahara, R ^c   Yamagishi, T ^a   Goto, K ^d   Kobaru, Y ^d   Takano, M ^e   Morisada, K ^e   Ukimura, A ^f,g   Kawanishi, F ^f   Tabuchi, A ^a   Matsui, T ^a   Oishi, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d Shinsei Hospital   (Japan)

^e Takatsuki City Health Center   (Japan)

^f OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GES 5; Long term care facility; Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Oral care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; FEMALE; GENITAL CARE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN MASK; PATIENT CARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SUCTION PUMP; WOUND CARE; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BETA LACTAMASE;

AGED; BETA-LACTAMASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958576730     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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