A prospective survey of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and infection in the intensive care unit

A prospective survey of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and infection in the intensive care unit

Abstract Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) surveillance may improve empiric antimicrobial therapy, since colonizing strains frequently cause infections. This colonization may be ‘endogenous’ or ‘exogenous’, and the source determines infection control measures. We prospectively investigated the...

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Main Authors: Regev Cohen, Frida Babushkin, Shoshana Cohen, Marina Afraimov, Maurice Shapiro, Martina Uda, Efrat Khabra, Amos Adler, Ronen Ben Ami, Svetlana Paikin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-01-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Endogenous
Intensive Care unit
Surveillance
ERIC-PCR
Infection control
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0167-7

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