Antimicrobial-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carriage and Infection in Specialized Geriatric Care Wards Linked to Acquisition in the Referring Hospital
Author(s) -
Claire L. Gorrie,
Mirjana Mirčeta,
Ryan R. Wick,
Louise M. Judd,
Kelly L. Wyres,
Nicholas R. Thomson,
Richard A. Strugnell,
Nigel F. Pratt,
Jill S. Garlick,
Kerrie Watson,
Peter Hunter,
Steve McGloughlin,
Denis W. Spelman,
Adam Jenney,
Kathryn E. Holt
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy027
Subject(s) - carriage , klebsiella pneumoniae , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , infection control , epidemiology , typing , antimicrobial , multilocus sequence typing , incidence (geometry) , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , genotype , biology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , physics , optics , pathology , electrical engineering , gene , engineering
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing hospital-associated infections, for which elderly patients are at increased risk.
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