Antibiotic resistance of Enterobacteriaceae causing urinary tract infections in elderly patients living in the community and in the nursing home: a retrospective observational study

Pulcini, C.; Clerc‐Urmès, Isabelle; Angelo Attinsounon, Cossi; Fougnot, Sébastien; Thilly, Nathalie

doi:10.1093/jac/dky488

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Antibiotic resistance of Enterobacteriaceae causing urinary tract infections in elderly patients living in the community and in the nursing home: a retrospective observational study

Published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy • Nov 6, 2018

Authors:

C. Pulcini

Isabelle Clerc‐Urmès

Cossi Angelo Attinsounon

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Although nursing homes are thought to be significant reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, very few large population-based studies comparing antibiotic resistance prevalence in nursing homes and in the community have adjusted for patient characteristics. Our objective was to compa...

Subject

Nitrofurantoin

Medicine

Ciprofloxacin

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