Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Long Term Geriatric Care
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 8 (3) , 162-170
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199608030-00002
Abstract
There is a high prevalence of bacterial infections in long term care facilities (4.4 to 16.2%). This, together with the fact that antimicrobial resistance is a big concern in current medical...Keywords
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