Prevalence and risk factors for multidrug-resistant organisms colonization in long-term care facilities around the world: a review

Á Rodríguez-Villodres, C Martín-Gandul, G Peñalva… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Elderly people confined to chronic care facilities face an increased risk of acquiring
infections by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). This review presents the current …

Antibiotic use and resistance in long term care facilities

LW van Buul, JT van der Steen, RB Veenhuizen… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: The common occurrence of infectious diseases in nursing homes and
residential care facilities may result in substantial antibiotic use, and consequently antibiotic …

Pathogen elimination by probiotic Bacillus via signalling interference

P Piewngam, Y Zheng, TH Nguyen, SW Dickey, HS Joo… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Probiotic nutrition is frequently claimed to improve human health. In particular, live probiotic
bacteria obtained with food are thought to reduce intestinal colonization by pathogens, and …

Trends in antibiotic resistance among ocular microorganisms in the United States from 2009 to 2018

PA Asbell, CM Sanfilippo, DF Sahm… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Antibiotic resistance in ocular infections can affect treatment outcomes.
Surveillance data on evolving antibacterial susceptibility patterns inform the treatment of …

Intestinal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: how does its frequency compare with that of nasal carriage and what is its clinical impact?

DS Acton, MJ Tempelmans Plat-Sinnige… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
The bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus, including its methicillin-resistant variant
(MRSA), finds its primary ecological niche in the human nose, but is also able to colonize the …

Contamination of hands with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after contact with environmental surfaces and after contact with the skin of colonized patients

U Stiefel, JL Cadnum, BC Eckstein… - Infection Control & …, 2011 - cambridge.org
In a study of 40 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers, hand
contamination was equally likely after contact with commonly examined skin sites and …

A targeted infection prevention intervention in nursing home residents with indwelling devices: a randomized clinical trial

L Mody, SL Krein, S Saint, LC Min… - JAMA internal …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Indwelling devices (eg, urinary catheters and feeding tubes) are often used in
nursing homes (NHs). Inadequate care of residents with these devices contributes to high …

Clinical uncertainties in the approach to long term care residents with possible urinary tract infection

DA Nace, PJ Drinka, CJ Crnich - Journal of the American Medical Directors …, 2014 - Elsevier
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is arguably the most common infection in the long term care
(LTC) setting. Making the diagnosis of UTI and deciding when to initiate treatment with …

Infections in nursing homes: epidemiology and prevention programs

A Montoya, M Cassone, L Mody - Clinics in geriatric …, 2016 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Nursing homes (NHs) provide health care to people who are unable to manage
independently in the community, in 2 different circumstances: for chronic care management …

Empfehlungen zur Prävention und Kontrolle von Methicillin-resistenten Staphylococcus aureus-Stämmen (MRSA) in medizinischen und pflegerischen Einrichtungen …

C Ruscher - 2014 - Springer
Bekanntmachungen–Amtliche Mitteilungen sprechenden Empfehlungen der KRINKO z. B.
zur Händehygiene [15] und Flächendesinfektion [16] verwiesen. Spezielle Maßnahmen für …