Carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms in a tertiary university hospital in Albania—a point prevalence survey

Carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms in a tertiary university hospital in Albania—a point prevalence survey

Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance has been recognised as a serious global Public Health problem. Prevalence of Multiple-Drug-Resistant (MDR) organism carriage in Albania is largely unknown since no national surveillance system is in place and few publications are accessible in the literat...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Falzon A. Parascandalo, P. Zarb, E. Tartari, D. Lacej, S. Bitincka, O. Manastirliu, D. Nika, M. A. Borg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-08-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Infection-prevention
Antimicrobial-resistance
Meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Enterobacteriaceae
ESBL
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0128-1

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0128-1

Similar Items