Screening at admission for carrier prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms in resource-constrained settings: a hospital-based observational study.

Subjects

Subjects :

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial Infections microbiology
Carrier State microbiology
Diagnostic Tests, Routine methods
Enterobacteriaceae isolation & purification
Enterococcus isolation & purification
Feces microbiology
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification
Middle Aged
Nasal Mucosa microbiology
Patient Admission
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Bacterial Infections diagnosis
Carrier State diagnosis
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Enterobacteriaceae drug effects
Enterococcus drug effects
Mass Screening methods
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus drug effects

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

1532-2939

Volume :

76

Issue :

2

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

The Journal of hospital infection

Publication Type :

Report

Accession number :

20542353

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2010.04.015