OUTBREAK OF INFECTION CAUSED BY TRIMETHOPRIM-RESISTANT COLIFORM BACILLI IN A GERIATRIC UNIT

被引:6
作者
BENDALL, MJ
GRUNEBERG, RN
机构
[1] Department of Microbiology, University College Hospital, London
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D O I
10.1093/ageing/8.4.231
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
An outbreak of infections, particularly of the urinary tract, caused by coliform bacilli resistant to trimethoprim, and originating in a geriatric unit, is described. The investigation of the outbreak and the analysis of factors predisposing to asymptomatic carriage of trimethoprim-resistant coliform bacilli enabled successful control measures to be initiated. The significance of geriatric units as sources of hospital infection is discussed. The importance of cooperation between geriatricians, infection control nurses and microbiologists is emphasized. © 1979 Oxford University Press.
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页码:231 / 236
页数:6
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