Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance in Long-Term Care Facility Patients With Bacteremia: A 5 Year's Surveillance

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Nov;19(11):1024-1026.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.06.015. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Authors

Moty Almog¹, Anna Yanovskay¹, Hana Edelstein¹, Naama Schwartz², Raul Colodner³, Bibiana Chazan¹

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
² Statistics and Epidemiology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
³ Laboratory Medicine Department, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

PMID: 30122324
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.06.015

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Bacteremia / drug therapy*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Female
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization*
Humans
Israel / epidemiology
Long-Term Care*
Male
Nursing Homes
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents