Prevalence of Multi-Resistant Microorganisms and Antibiotic Stewardship among Hospitalized Patients Living in Residential Care Homes in Spain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence of Multi-Resistant Microorganisms and Antibiotic Stewardship among Hospitalized Patients Living in Residential Care Homes in Spain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health problem. Patients living in care homes are a vulnerable high-risk population colonized by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). We identified a case series of 116 residents of care homes from a cohort of 540 consecutive patients admitted to the int...

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Main Authors: Mario Rivera-Izquierdo, Alberto Benavente-Fernández, Jairo López-Gómez, Antonio Jesús Láinez-Ramos-Bossini, Marta Rodríguez-Camacho, María del Carmen Valero-Ubierna, Luis Miguel Martín-delosReyes, Eladio Jiménez-Mejías, Elena Moreno-Roldán, Pablo Lardelli-Claret, Virginia Martínez-Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
multidrug resistance
care homes
nursing homes
antibiotic stewardship
hospitalization
elderly
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/6/324

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