Oral colonisation by antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria among long-term care facility residents: prevalence, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology.
Mi Nguyen-Tra LeShizuo KayamaMineka YoshikawaToshinori HaraSeiya KashiyamaJunzo HisatsuneKeiko TsurudaMakoto OnoderaHiroki OhgeKazuhiro TsugaMotoyuki SugaiPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2020)
ARB, as defined by growth on screening agar plates, which carried mobile resistance genes or elements or conferred high biofilm formation, were already prevalent in the oral cavity of LTCF residents. Health-care workers involved in oral care should be aware of antimicrobial resistance and pay special attention to transmission prevention and infection control measures to diminish ARB or mobile resistance elements dissemination in LTCFs.
Keyphrases
- long term care
- antimicrobial resistance
- biofilm formation
- risk factors
- staphylococcus aureus
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- candida albicans
- escherichia coli
- healthcare
- palliative care
- working memory
- genome wide
- quality improvement
- pain management
- cystic fibrosis
- chronic pain
- transcription factor
- genome wide identification
- affordable care act