Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Colonization and Acquisition of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria among Patients in Intensive Care Units in Thailand-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Colonization and Acquisition of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria among Patients in Intensive Care Units in Thailand

Published:2018-08 Issue:8 Volume:62 Page:
ISSN:0066-4804
Container-title:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Author:

Kiddee Anong¹,Assawatheptawee Kanit¹,Na-udom Anamai²,Treebupachatsakul Pornpit³,Wangteeraprasert Apirath⁴,Walsh Timothy R.⁵,Niumsup Pannika R.¹⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

3. Buddhachinaraj Hospital, Phitsanulok, Thailand

4. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

5. Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

6. Center of Excellence in Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for colonization and acquisition of carbapenem-resistant (CR) Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) among patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in two tertiary care hospitals in northern Thailand. Screening of rectal swab specimens for CR-GNB was performed on patients at ICU admission and discharge.

Funder

Royal Golden Jubilee PhD program from Thailand Research Fund and Naresuan University

Naresuan University

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AAC.00341-18

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