Risk Factors for Antibiotic-Resistant Infection and Treatment Outcomes among Hospitalized Patients Transferred from Long-Term Care Facilities: Does Antimicrobial Choice Make a Difference?

A prospective observational study of 153 patients transferred from long-term care facilities and admitted to acute-care hospitals who had microbiologically confirmed infections was undertaken to determine the risk factors, outcomes, and resource use associated with isolation of antibiotic-resistant...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2003-03, Vol.36 (6), p.724-730
Hauptverfasser:	Toubes, E., Singh, K., Yin, D., Lyu, R., Glick, N., Russell, L., Mohapatra, S., Saghal, N., Weinstein, R. A., Trenholme, G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Bacteria Biological and medical sciences Catheters Coinfection Cross Infection - drug therapy Cross Infection - economics Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - microbiology Drug Prescriptions Drug Resistance Female Hospital admissions Hospitalization Hospitalization - economics Humans Infections Long-Term Care Major Articles Male Medical sciences Pathogens Pharmacology. Drug treatments Predisposing factors Prospective Studies Resource Allocation Risk Factors Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Teaching hospitals Treatment Outcome
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