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Pseudomonas in augmented care: should we worry?

Author(s) -

M.C. Kelsey

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt288

Subject(s) - worry , pathogen , opportunistic pathogen , pseudomonas , incidence (geometry) , pseudomonas aeruginosa , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , psychiatry , genetics , anxiety , physics , optics

The problem of Pseudomonas as a nosocomial pathogen is not new, with some authors dating its onset to the start of the antimicrobial era, although other factors, such as the growth of intensive or augmented care, have a part to play. This paper outlines the historical and environmental issues that may be associated with a potential increase in the incidence of this difficult-to-treat pathogen.

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