Patients hospitalized abroad as importers of multiresistant bacteria - a cross-sectional study
Objectives: The pandemic spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria poses a threat to healthcare worldwide, with highest prevalence in indigent regions of the (sub) tropics. As hospitalization constitutes a major risk factor for colonization, infection control management in low-prevalence countries urgently needs background data on patients hospitalized abroad. Methods: We collected data on 1122 patients who, after hospitalization abroad, were treated at the Helsinki University Hospital between 2010 and 2013. They were screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), extended... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
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Schlagwörter: | Antimicrobial drug resistance / Hospitalization / Infection control / Multidrug resistance / Travel / LACTAMASE-PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE / MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA / RISK-FACTORS / INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS / MULTICENTER COHORT / FOREIGN HOSPITALS / ESCHERICHIA-COLI / COLONIZATION / ENTEROCOCCUS / NETHERLANDS / 3121 General medicine / internal medicine and other clinical medicine |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27215639 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224247 |