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Issues in the Management of Resistant Bacteria in Long‐Term–Care Facilities
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The prevalence of antibiotic‐resistant bacteria in the longterm–care setting and the risk to nursing home residents is still unknown. Few studies have been done in community‐based nursing homes, and most have focused on colonization rather than infection rates. Concerns about methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin‐resistant enterococci have been expressed most often, while relatively scant attention has been paid to the problem of antibiotic resistance in gram‐negative bacilli. Antibiotic resistance precautions need to be developed for nursing homes that are simple, effective, inexpensive, and recognize the unique rehabilitative and long‐term custodial missions of chronic‐care facilities.
Bibliographic Information(back to top)
- Issues in the Management of Resistant Bacteria in Long‐Term–Care Facilities
- Suzanne F. Bradley , MD
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 20, No. 5 (May 1999) (pp. 362-367)
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From the Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Disease, the Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans’ Affairs Health Systems, the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Address reprint requests to Suzanne F. Bradley, MD, GRECC 11G, Veterans’ Affairs Health Systems, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.98‐SX‐202. Bradley SF. Issues in the management of resistant bacteria in long‐term–care facilities. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:362‐366.
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