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      Rehabilitation and Nursing Homes with Elderly and Homeless Population, Lessons not only for Physiotherapy but also for Epidemiology?

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          Background: Infections occur frequently in nursing home residents, mainly pneumonia, UTI and SSTI, usually requiring empirical antimicrobial treatment in an hypo-immune population, which contribute to the increasing frequency of antimicrobial agent-resistant organisms in nursing homes. Patients and methods: We did oropharyngeal swabs of residents of long-term facilities to detect their potential contamination with resistant pathogens in three nursing homes in Bratislava. Results: Multi-resistant pathogens were recorded in total of 71 clients, but only 5 (10%) were positive for gram-negative bacteria, however, in all, multi-resistant bacteria/yeast were obtained. Conclusions: Monthly surveillance cultures, but also admission cultures, not only rectal, but also from respiratory tract are advisable.

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          Journal
          Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention
          cswhi
          Journal of Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention
          2222386X
          20769741
          October 30 2018
          October 29 2018
          October 30 2018
          October 29 2018
          : 9
          : 3
          : 64-66
          Article
          10.22359/cswhi_9_3_08
          ac7231b4-263b-490b-95f7-bde774f07901
          © 2018

          This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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          Psychology,Social & Behavioral Sciences
          Psychology, Social & Behavioral Sciences

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