title: [Elderly patients are at high risk from hospital-acquired infection].
abstract: Hospital-acquired infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality in elderly patients and burden the individual patient as well as the economy of society. Although these infections are linked to biological factors in elderly patients, there is a potential for increased prevention efforts. Changes in antibiotic policy and organisational tasks can reduce the spread of drug resistant bacteria causing serious nosocomial infections. Transmission of pathogens from hospitals to nursing homes and vice versa poses a particular challenge when dealing with elderly colonized or infected patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C. michael.kemp@rsyd.dk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: Hans Jørn
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kolmos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012306:Risk