Healthcare-Associated Infections: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Therapy

作者：Doshi Rupali K^*; Patel Gopi; MacKay Richard; Wallach Frances

来源：Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 2009, 76(1): 84-94.

DOI：10.1002/msj.20070

• Acinetobacter baumannii
• bloodstream infection
• Clostridium difficile
• extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
• healthcare-associated infection
• methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria
• nosocomial
• quality improvement
• urinary tract infection

Reducing nosocomial infection rates is a major component of healthcare improvement. This article reviews the epidemiology, prevention, and therapy for some of the most common healthcare-associated infections, including central line-associated blood-stream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections; and 3 common organisms: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, multidrug-resistant grain-negative bacteria, and Clostridium. difficile. Mt Sinai J Med 76:84-94, 2009.

• 出版日期2009-2