Swab cultures across three different body sites among carriers of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species: a poor surveillance strategy

J Hosp Infect. 2010 Apr;74(4):395-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.003. Epub 2009 Aug 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / diagnosis*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification*
  • beta-Lactam Resistance*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems