A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN A CHRONIC CARE FACILITY
A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN A CHRONIC CARE FACILITY
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1984.tb02234.x
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发表时间：
1984-01-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
BRODY, JP
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作者：
FARBER, BF;BRENNEN, C;BRODY, JP
A prospective study of patients requiring 2 different levels of nursing care was undertaken to elucidate the epidemiology of nosocomial infections occurring in nursing homes and chronic care facilities. The overall rate of infection was higher on the intermediate care ward than on the nursing home ward (1.35 vs. 0.67 infections/100 patient care days). Pneumonias and symptomatic urinary tract infections accounted for 49% of all infections. Of 10 cases of pneumonia occurring on the nursing home ward, 8 were diagnosed in the winter months, and no case was diagnosed in the summer months. Resistance to gentamicin, tobramycin, ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfa was common among organisms causing symptomatic urinary tract infections.
