Colonization by multidrug-resistant organisms in long-term care facilities in Italy: a point-prevalence study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 961-967

  Giufre M ^a   Ricchizzi, E ^b   Accogli, M ^a   Barbanti, F ^a   Monaco, M ^a   Pimentel de Araujo, F ^a   Farina, C ^c   Fazii, P ^d   Mattei, R ^e   Sarti, M ^f   Barozzi, A ^f   Buttazzi, R ^b   Cosentino, M ^c   Nardone, M ^e   Savini, V ^d   Spigaglia, P ^a   Pantosti, A ^a   Moro, M L ^b   Cerquetti, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Healthcare and Social Agency   (Italy)

^c PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f S Agostino Estense Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Clostridium difficile; Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Long term care facilities; MRSA

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CITY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 85020379632     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.006     Document Type: Article

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