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Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-Negative Organisms Recovered from Patients in a Multistate Network of Long-Term Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Roseann Marsicano ,
Pam Tolomeo ,
Michael Heard ,
Steve Serrano  and
Donald D. Stieritz
Ebbing Lautenbach*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, theUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Roseann Marsicano
Affiliation:
Silver Labs, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Pam Tolomeo
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Heard
Affiliation:
Silver Labs, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Steve Serrano
Affiliation:
Silver Labs, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Donald D. Stieritz
Affiliation:
Silver Labs, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
*
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 825 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021 ([email protected])
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Abstract

We identified 1,805 gram-negative organisms in cultures of urine samples obtained over a 10-month period from residents of 63 long-term care facilities. The prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli was 51% (446 of 874 isolates), whereas the preva¬lences of ceftazidime and imipenem resistance in Klebsiella species were 26% and 6% (84 and 19 of 323 isolates), respectively. The prevalence of resistance varied significantly by facility type, size, and geographic location.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2009 , pp. 790 - 793
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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