Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae on a cardiac surgery intensive care unit: successful measures for infection control

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 60-64

  Abboud, C S ^a   de Souza, E E ^a   Zandonadi, E C ^a   Borges, L S ^a   Miglioli, L ^a   Monaco, F C ^a   Barbosa, V L ^a   Cortez, D ^a   Bianco, A C ^a   Braz, A ^a   Monteiro, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Clinical Microbiology Section   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae colonization; Intensive care infection; Intervention measures; Postsurgical infection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BATH; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CARDIAC SURGERY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; CATHETER INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84978870265     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.06.010     Document Type: Article

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