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Nosocomial Infections With Ceftazidime-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Risk Factors and Outcome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sai-Cheong Lee ,
Chang-Phone Fung ,
Peter Yuk-Fong Liu ,
Tzu-Chien Wang ,
Lai-Chu See ,
Ning Lee ,
Shu-Chu Chen  and
Wen-Bin Shieh
Sai-Cheong Lee*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chang GungMemorial Hospital, Keelung
Chang-Phone Fung
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei
Peter Yuk-Fong Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Shalu Tung's Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China
Tzu-Chien Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China
Lai-Chu See
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China
Ning Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Chang GungMemorial Hospital, Keelung
Shu-Chu Chen
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chang GungMemorial Hospital, Keelung
Wen-Bin Shieh
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chang GungMemorial Hospital, Keelung
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222 Mai Chin Rd, Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Abstract

Prospective studies were conducted for nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections from February 1, 1994, to October 30,1995. Of 97 P aeruginosa isolates from 97 patients, 35 were resistant to ceftazidime. Logistic regression revealed previous cephalosporin or piperacillin use as independent risk factors for nosocomial ceftazidime-resistant P aeruginosa infection. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that four nosocomial ceftazidime-resistant P aeruginosa infections were caused by cross-infection, probably through medical personnel.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 205 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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