Multiple Antibiotic-Resistant Klebsiella and Escherichia coli in Nursing Homes.

Authors :: Wiener, Janis
Quinn, John P.
Bradford, Patricia A.
Goering, Richard V.
Nathan, Catherine
Bush, Karen
Weinstein, Robert A.
Source :: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 2/10/99, Vol. 281 Issue 6, p517, 7p, 3 Black and White Photographs, 2 Charts
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: Presents a study of patients admitted to nursing homes in the United States between November of 1990 and July of 1992 who were infected with antibiotic-resistant forms of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, or both. Efforts to stop the increasing number of infections caused by ceftazidime sodium-resistant gram-negative bacteria; Number of patients in the study; Methods; Results; Conclusions.